# Vasily Abaev

> Ossetian Soviet linguist (1900-2001)

**Wikidata**: [Q2019660](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2019660)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Abaev)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/vasily-abaev

## Summary

Vasily Abaev was born on December 22, 1899, in Kobi [1][2]. He died on March 12, 2001, in Moscow [3][4][2]. Vasily Abaev's occupation was that of a philologist, linguist, iranologist, local historian, etymologist, and university teacher [5][2][4].Vasily Abaev received his education from Saint Petersburg State University . His employment history includes working at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Library of Russia from 1930 to 1931 [1]. His field of expertise encompassed philology, linguistics, Iranian studies, and local history .Throughout his career, Vasily Abaev received several awards, including the USSR State Prize, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus", and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" [5].He had a long and distinguished career, with his work focusing on his areas of expertise .


## References

1. Great Russian Encyclopedia
2. BnF authorities
3. Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
4. [Source](https://iling-ran.ru/web/en/scholars/abaev)
5. NLR Employees
6. International Standard Name Identifier
7. Virtual International Authority File
8. CiNii Research
9. OPAC SBN
10. [Great Russian Encyclopedia. 2023](https://bigenc.ru/c/abaev-vasilii-ivanovich-2e7293)
11. Library of Congress Authorities
12. [Source](http://ossetians.com/eng/news.php?newsid=60)
13. Russian State Library
14. [BnF authorities](http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12372210r)
15. Catalogo of the National Library of India