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Max Vasmer

Russian-German linguist (1886-1962) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 76

Max Julius Friedrich Vasmer was a Russian and German linguist. He studied problems of etymology in Indo-European, Finno-Ugric and Turkic languages and worked on the history of Slavic, Baltic, Iranian, and Finno-Ugric peoples.

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A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 103 days, one point a day.

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Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1958

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Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1886 to 1962 · aged 76