Irina Konstantinovna Feodorova Ирина Константиновна Фёдорова | |
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| Born | 28 November 1931 |
| Died | 7 December 2010 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
| Known for | decipherment of rongorongo |
| Awards | Premium after N.N.Miklouho-Macklay of Academy of Science of the USSR (1981) Premium of Presidium of the Russian Academy of Science (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | history, ethnography, epigraphy, decipherment |
| Institutions | Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Russian Academy of Science) named after Peter The Great (Kunstkamera) St. Petersburg |
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Irina Konstantinovna Feodorova (28 November 1931, Leningrad, USSR – 7 December 2010, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet historian. Her field of expertise was the ethnography, culture, folklore and language of the people of East Polynesia. Feodorova was doctor of historical sciences and a leading scientist of the Department of Australia, Oceania and Indonesia at the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Russian Academy of Science) at the Kunstkamera, St. Petersberg, the first Russian museum that was named after Peter the Great. In 1981, Feodorova was given the honour of being named N. N. Miklouho-Maclay Laureate of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Science.[1]
- ^ Recognized by Russian Academy of Science: Premium of Presidium of the Russian Academy of Science (1995).