Grigory Vladimirovich Podstavin ( 1875 , Rybinsk - 1924 , Harbin ) - Russian orientalist, pioneer of scientific and practical study of the Korean language in Russia.
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Biography
In 1898 he graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Languages at St. Petersburg University , where he studied Chinese , Mongolian , and Manchu languages. From 1899 to 1922 - Head of the Department of Korean Literature, Professor at the Oriental Institute in Vladivostok . In 1920-1922 - the first rector of the State Far Eastern University . He is the author of many Korean language study guides. In 1922 he emigrated to Korea , and then to China .
Sources
- Chirkin S.V. Twenty years of service in the East. - M .: Russian way. - 2006 .-- S. 350.