Lev Zhirkov

Lev Ivanovich Zhirkov (Russian: Лев Иванович Жирков; 19 March 1885, Moscow – 4 December 1963, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian philologist, specializing in Persian and Caucasian languages,[1] and Esperantist.[2]

  1. ^ "Zhirkov, Lev Ivanovich". Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishers. 1979. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. ^ Lins, Ulrich (2017). Dangerous Language - Esperanto and the Decline of Stalinism. Springer. p. 113. ISBN 9781352000207.