Dmitrii Zelenin
Encyclopedia
Russia
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n linguist
Linguistics
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and ethnographer.
He led the European Brigade of the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography
Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography
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, which was formed in 1938 to formulate the list of nationalities to be officially recognised by the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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In November 2004 the Antropologicheskii forum of St Petersburg honoured him with some readings dedicated to him
Publications
- Mezhdunarodnyi iazyk nauki i kul'turnykh snoshenii, Moscow, 1901. (The international language of science and cultural relations)
- Russische (Ostslavische) Volkskunde, Berlin und Leipzig, de Gruyter, 1927.
- Kult ongonov v Sibiri, Moscow, 1936. (Cult of ongon's in Siberia)
- Le culte des idoles en Sibérie, Paris : Payot, 1952.