Vasily Lytkin
Vasily Ilyich Lytkin (Lytkin Illya Vas, also known by the pseudonym Illya Vas) was a Soviet Komi poet, translator, linguist, Finno-Ugrist, Doktor nauk. And member of Finnish Academy of Sciences (1969). He was a laureate of the State Prize of the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
Also recorded as Vasily Ilyich Lytkin · Illya Vas Lytkin · Illja Vas Lytkin · Illya Vas
Vasily Lytkin
- Birthplace
- Tentyukovo, Russian Empire
- Died
- 27 August 1981
- Place of death
- Moscow, USSR
- Awards
- State Prize of the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- Born
- 1895. · Tentyukov.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- poet, children's writer, translator, linguist and finno-ugrist.
- Fields
- linguistics, Finno-Ugric studies, creative and professional writing and poetry.
- Education
- Totem Teachers' Seminary and Philological Faculty of Moscow State University.
- Honours
- Excellence in Public Education of the RSFSR.
- Languages
- Komi and Russian.
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Lytkin was born in the village of Tentyukovo (Тентюково), near the Komi capital of Ust-Sysolsk (modern-day Syktyvkar; now the village is a microdistrict of Syktyvkar) in December 1895. Lutkin studied in Helsinki and Budapest, and later published a historical analysis of the Komi language. He was the first Komi to study in St. In 1933, he was arrested and sentenced to five years, which he spent in the Dallag, Far East gulag labor camp. In 1956, he was fully rehabilitated. He researched the role of Stephen of Perm and published poetry under the pseudonym Illya Vas. Lytkin published 11 monographs and over 300 scientific articles. Starting in 1958, he was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers. He translated the works of Pushkin, Tyutchev, Mayakovsky, Demyan Bedny, Chukovsky into the Komi language. Lytkin died on August 27, 1981, in Moscow.
Vasily Lytkin studied at Totem Teachers' Seminary and Philological Faculty of Moscow State University. Adolf Turkin, Rif Nasibullin and Wäli Kilmäkef are recorded as having studied under Vasily Lytkin. The recorded working language is Komi and Russian. The field of work recorded is linguistics, Finno-Ugric studies and creative and professional writing. Employment is recorded with Lomonosov Moscow State University and Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Distinctions recorded are Excellence in Public Education of the RSFSR.
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• Birthplace — Tentyukovo, Russian Empire • Pseudonym — Illya Vas • Died — 27 August 1981 • Place of death — Moscow, USSR • Alma Mater — St. Petersburg University • Awards — State Prize of the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Vasily Ilyich Lytkin, Illya Vas Lytkin, Illja Vas Lytkin and Illya Vas. His recorded languages were Komi and Russian.
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Career and activity
Vasily Lytkin worked in linguistics, Finno-Ugric studies, creative and professional writing, poetry and translating activity. He was employed by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He belonged to USSR Union of Writers.
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Vasily Lytkin is recorded as having received Excellence in Public Education of the RSFSR.
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1895
Vasily Lytkin was born in 1895 at Tentyukov.
1981
Vasily Lytkin died in 1981 at Moscow.
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Vasily Lytkin is recorded as having studied at Totem Teachers' Seminary and Philological Faculty of Moscow State University.
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Vasily Lytkin studied at Totem Teachers' Seminary and Philological Faculty of Moscow State University. The record notes the qualifications Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Sciences in Philology. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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