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Yevgeny Polivanov

 
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Yevgeny Dmitrievich Polivanov (Russian: Евге́ний Дми́триевич Полива́нов; 12 March [O.S. February 28] 1891 – January 25, 1938) was a Soviet linguist, orientalist and polyglot.

He wrote major works on Japanese, Chinese, Uzbek, Dungan languages and on theoretical linguistics. He participated in developing writing systems for peoples of the Soviet Union.

He has also designed a cyrillization system for Japanese language, which was officially accepted in the Soviet Union.

Arrested on August 16, 1937, he was executed by NKVD near Moscow in January 1938.

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