Igor Diakonov

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'Igor Mikhailovich Diakonov'
Born	December 30, 1914 (January 12, 1915) Petrograd
Died	May 2, 1999 St Petersburg
Residence	Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Fields	Ancient Near East and its languages
Institutions	Oriental Institute, St Petersburg Branch
Alma mater	St Petersburg University
Known for	contributions to the study of the Ancient Near East and its languages

Igor Mikhailovich Diakonov (Russian: И́горь Миха́йлович Дья́конов) (December 30, 1914 (January 12, 1915), Petrograd – May 2, 1999, St Petersburg) was a Russian/Soviet historian, linguist, and translator who should be ranked among the greatest authorities on Ancient Near East and its languages.

Diakonov, both of whose brothers were distinguished historians, was brought up in Norway and graduated from the Leningrad University in 1938, joining the staff of the Hermitage Museum the same year. In 1949, he published a comprehensive study of Assyria, followed by the monograph on Media in 1956. Later, he teamed with the linguist Sergei Starostin to produce authoritative studies of the Caucasian, Afro-Asiatic and Hurro-Urartian languages.

[edit] Published works

• 1985 - Diakonov, Igor. On the Original Home of the Speakers of Indo-European. Journal of Indo-European Studies, Volume 13, p. 92.
• 1988 - Diakonoff, I.M. "Afrasian languages". Nauka
• 1999 - Diakonov, Igor. The Paths of History. Cambridge University Press.

[edit] External links

• Diakonov as a Translator
• Indo-European Origins in Southeast Europe