Nikolay Alexandrovich Butinov | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 December 1914 Petrograd,Saint Petersburg |
| Died | 7 December 2000 (aged 85) aint Petersburg |
| Citizenship |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Alma mater | Leningrad University |
| Awards | Medal for the Defence of Leningrad, Medal for Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | ethnography |
| Institutions | Institute of Ethnography, USSR Academy of Sciences |
| Doctoral advisor | Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp |
Nikolay Alexandrovich Butinov (19 December 1914 – 7 December 2000) was a Soviet and Russian ethnographer, specializing in prehistoric societies and Oceanic studies. He held a doctorate in historical sciences and was a laureate of the N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Prize (1987).