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Nikolai Marr

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Nikolai Marr

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Also known as Nikolaj Jakovlevič Marr, Nikolaj Marr, Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr, Nicholas Marr

Georgian ethnologist and linguist (1864–1934)

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Born
1864
Died
1934
Works
21

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Origin
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Active from
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Key facts

Born
Nikoloz Iakobis dze Mari , ( 1864-12-25 ) 25 December 1864, Kutaisi , Kutais Governorate , Russian Empire
Died
20 December 1934 (1934-12-20) (aged 69), Leningrad , Russian SFSR , USSR
Known for
Japhetic theory
Education
St Petersburg University
Discipline
Linguistics

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Encyclopedic overview

Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr (Никола́й Я́ковлевич Марр, Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr; ნიკოლოზ იაკობის ძე მარი, Nikoloz Iak'obis dze Mari; 6 January 1865 [O.S. 25 December 1864] — 20 December 1934) was a Georgian-born historian and linguist who gained a reputation as a scholar of the Caucasus during the 1910s before embarking on his "Japhetic theory" on the origin of language (from 1924), now considered as pseudo-scientific, and related speculative linguistic hypotheses.

Marr's hypotheses were used as a rationale in the campaign during the 1920–30s in the Soviet Union of introduction of Latin alphabets for smaller ethnicities of the country. In 1950, the "Japhetic theory" fell from official favour, with Joseph Stalin denouncing it as anti-Marxist.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nikolai Marr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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