Evgenii Eduardovich Bertels
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Evgenii Eduardovich Bertels or Berthels (Russian: Евге́ний Эдуа́рдович Берте́льс, romanized: Evgeniĭ Ėduardovich Bertel's; December 25,[upper-alpha 1] 1890—October 7, 1957);[1][upper-alpha 2][upper-alpha 3] was a Soviet-Russian Orientalist, Iranologist and Turkologist, born in a family of Russian free professionals of Danish ancestry.[2] Professor of the Leningrad State University, correspondent member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939), Academy of Persian Language and Literature (1944), Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan (1951), and Arab Academy of Damascus (1955).[3] In the 1930s–1950s, he was the Head of the Soviet School of Persian and Central Asian Turkic Studies.[4] In 1942, during World War II, or the Great Patriotic War, and the Siege of Leningrad, Bertels was evacuated with the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences from Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) to Tashkent, and later to Moscow, and Bertels moved to permanent residence in Moscow until his death.[5]
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Born | (1890-12-25)25 December 1890 | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 October 1957(1957-10-07) (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||||
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery | ||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Orientalist, Professor of Persian language and literature at the Leningrad State University | ||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Vera Vasilievna | ||||||||||||||||
Children | Dmitrii Evgenievich · Andrei Evgenievich | ||||||||||||||||
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