Nikolai Nevsky | |
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 Nevsky with his wife and daughter in Japan (c. 1929) | |
| Born | 1 March 1892 (N.S.) 18 February 1892 (O.S.) |
| Died | 24 November 1937 (aged 45) |
| Cause of death | Execution following arrest by the NKVD |
| Spouse | Isoko Mantani-Nevsky |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Lenin Prize (1962) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Main interests | Tangutology |
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Nevsky (Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Не́вский; the surname is also transcribed Nevskij; 1 March [O.S. 18 February] 1892 – 24 November 1937) was a Russian and Soviet linguist, an expert on a number of East Asian languages. He was one of the founders of the modern study of the Tangut language of the Western Xia Empire, the work for which he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science in Philology during his life, and Lenin Prize posthumously. He spent most of his research career in Japan before returning to the USSR. He was arrested and executed during the Great Purge; his surviving manuscripts were published much later, starting in 1960.