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Dmitry Likhachev Russian philologist
Lived 1906–1999
Country Russia Updated September 2026
About Dmitry Likhachev Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev was a Russian medievalist, linguist, and an inmate of Gulag. During his lifetime, Likhachev was considered the world's foremost scholar of the Old Russian language and its literature.
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Awards Order of Georgi Dimitrov Order of the cavalier of Madara Stalin Prize Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called Medal "Veteran of Labour" Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" State Prize of the Russian Federation VDNKh gold medal
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