Skip to content
229,067 profiles ranked

No free photograph

Igor M. Diakonoff

Russian historian and linguist (1915-1999) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Lived 1914 to 1999 · aged 84

Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff was a Russian historian, linguist, and translator and a renowned expert on the Ancient Near East and its languages. His brothers were also distinguished historians.

Igor M. Diakonoff is read about 50 times a day, in 24 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 10 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

People around Igor

Awards

Order of the Red Star
Fellow of the British Academy

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1914 to 1999 · aged 84