About Iosef Mikhailovich Oranski
Lived 1923 – 1977 (aged 54). Iosef Mikhailovich Oranski was a Russian linguist and iranologist.
Iosef Mikhailovich Oranski (24 April 1923 – 16 May 1977), sometimes spelled Iosef Mikhailovich Oranskii, was a prominent Soviet linguist affiliated with the Leningrad Institute of Oriental Studies. His work on Iranian languages, as well as on Turkic and Indo-Aryan languages relating to Central Asia, are considered seminal.
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Who was Iosef Mikhailovich Oranski?
Russian linguist
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Iosef Mikhailovich Oranski was born on 24 April 1923 in Saint Petersburg.
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Iosef Mikhailovich Oranski died on 16 May 1977 in Saint Petersburg.
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Iosef Mikhailovich Oranski was a linguist and iranologist.
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Iosef Mikhailovich Oranski was Russian.
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