Yevgeny Polivanov

Yevgeny Polivanov
Born12 March [O.S. 28 February] 1891
Smolensk, Russian Empire
Died25 January 1938(1938-01-25) (aged 46)
Moscow, Soviet Union
OccupationLinguist

Yevgeny Dmitrievich Polivanov (Russian: Евге́ний Дми́триевич Полива́нов; 12 March [O.S. 28 February] 1891 – 25 January 1938) was a Soviet linguist, orientalist, and polyglot who wrote major works on the Chinese, Japanese, Uzbek, and Dungan languages and on theoretical linguistics and poetics.