Dmitry Likhachev | |
|---|---|
| Дмитрий Лихачёв | |
 Likhachev in 1990 | |
| Born | Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1906 |
| Died | 30 September 1999 (aged 92) |
| Resting place | Komarovo Cemetery 60°12′15″N 29°47′59″E / 60.20417°N 29.79972°E, Saint Petersburg |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
| Occupation(s) | Medievalist, linguist, writer |
| Spouse |
Zinaida Makarovna
(m. 1936–1999) |
| Children | Vera Lyudmila |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Hero of Socialist Labour Order of Saint Andrew |
Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev (Russian: Дми́трий Серге́евич Лихачёв, also spelled Dmitrii Likhachev or Dmitry Likhachov; 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1906 – 30 September 1999) was a Russian medievalist, linguist, and a former inmate of Gulag. During his lifetime, Likhachev was considered the world's foremost scholar of the Old Russian language and its literature.
He was revered as "the last of old St Petersburgers", and as "a guardian of national culture". Due to his high profile as a Soviet dissident writer, social critic, and activist during his later life, Likhachev was often referred to as "Russia's conscience".