Eugene Helimski

Eugene Helimski
Евге́ний Арно́льдович Хели́мский
Born15 March 1950
Odessa, Soviet Union
Died25 December 2007(2007-12-25) (aged 57)
Hamburg, Germany

Eugene Arnoldovich Helimski (sometimes also spelled Eugene Khelimski; Russian: Евге́ний Арно́льдович Хели́мский Evgeniy Arnol'dovich Khelimsky; 15 March 1950 – 25 December 2007) was a Soviet and Russian linguist (in the latter part of his life working in Germany). He was a Doctor of Philology (1988) and Professor.

Helimski researched Samoyedic and Finno-Ugric languages, problems of Uralic and Nostratic linguistic affinity, language contact, the theory of genetic classification of languages, and the cultural history of Northern Eurasia and of shamanism. He became one of the world's leading specialists in Samoyedic languages.


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