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Eugene Helimski | |
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Евге́ний Арно́льдович Хели́мский | |
Born | 15 March 1950 Odessa, Soviet Union |
Died | 25 December 2007 Hamburg, Germany | (aged 57)
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.