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Igor M. Diakonoff
Igor M. Diakonoff
И́горь М. Дья́конов
Born	Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff; 12 January 1915; Petrograd, Russian Empire
Died	2 May 1999 (aged 84); Saint Petersburg, Russia
Known for	Contributions to the study of the Ancient Near East and its languages
Academic background
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg State University
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Institutions	Oriental Institute, Saint Petersburg branch
Main interests	Ancient Near East and its languages

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Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff (occasionally spelled Diakonov, Russian: И́горь Миха́йлович Дья́конов; 12 January 1915 – 2 May 1999) was a Russian historian, linguist, and translator and a renowned expert on the Ancient Near East and its languages. His brothers were also distinguished historians.

Life and career

Diakonoff was brought up in Norway. He graduated from Leningrad State University (now Saint Petersburg State University) in 1938. In the same year he joined the staff of the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). In 1949, he published a comprehensive study of Assyria, followed in 1956 by a monograph on Media. Later on, he teamed up with the linguist Sergei Starostin to produce authoritative studies of the Caucasian, Afroasiatic, and Hurro-Urartian languages.

Diakonoff was honored in 2003 with a festschrift volume published in his memory, edited by Lionel Bender, Gábor Takács, and David Appleyard. In addition to articles on Afro-Asiatic languages, it contains a five-page list of his publications compiled by Takács.

Family

Diakonoff's family members are known for their contributions to various fields of knowledge, both sciences and humanities. His wife and two sons became well-known researchers and achieved ranks of full professors.

Brother's family

Igor's brother Mikhail Mikhailovich Diakonoff was an authority^[1] in Iranian studies.
Mikhail Diakonoff's daughter Elena Diakonova is a translator^[1] from Old and Modern Japanese.

Wives

Igor's first wife Nina Dyakonova (1915–2013) was a historian and critic of English literature, with a special interest in English Romantic poetry of the early 19th century (Keats, Byron, Shelley) and its reception in European and Russian literature. A student of Professors Viktor Zhirmunsky and Mikhail Alexeyev, she was a professor at her alma mater Saint Petersburg State University, and later, teacher-training Herzen University.

His second wife, Ninel Yankovskaya (1925–2005), was a historian, assyriologist in the State Hermitage Museum.

Sons

Igor's sons became prominent physicists.

Mikhail Dyakonov (born 1940) – Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Chief Researcher\Honorary Fellow^[2] of the St. Petersburg Abram Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and after that,^[3] since 1998 professor at the University of Montpellier, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR;
Dmitry Dyakonov [ru]^[4] (1949–2012) – Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Deputy Head of the Sector of Theoretical Physics of High Energies, Professor B. P. Konstantinov St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Selected bibliography

1965. Semito-Hamitic Languages. Moscow: Nauka.
1984. Co-authored with V. P. Neroznak. Phrygian. Delmar, New York: Caravan Books.
1985. "On the original home of the speakers of Indo-European". Journal of Indo-European Studies 13, pp. 92–174.
1986. Co-authored with Sergei A. Starostin. Hurro-Urartian as an Eastern Caucasian Language. Munich: R. Kitzinger.
1988. Afrasian Languages. Moscow: Nauka.
1992. Co-authored with Olga Stolbova and Alexander Militarev. Proto-Afrasian and Old Akkadian: A Study in Historical Phonetics. Princeton: Institute of Semitic Studies.
1995. Archaic Myths of the Orient and the Occident. Acta universitatis gothoburgensis.
1999. The Paths of History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Sources

Dandamayev, M.A., Mogens T. Larsen, and J. Nicholas Postgate (editors). 1982. Societies and Languages of the Ancient Near East: Studies in Honour of I.M. Diakonoff. Warminster: Aris and Philipps.
Bender, M. Lionel and Gábor Takács (editors). 2003. Selected Comparative-Historical Afrasian Linguistic Studies in Memory of Igor M. Diakonoff. Munich: Lincom Europa.

References

^ ^a ^b Kalashnikova, Elena. "'Я занялась японским на волне детского романтизма'" ['I took up Japanese on the wave of childhood romanticism']. Russian Journal (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ "Школа-семинар 'Спиновая физика полупроводников', приуроченная к 75-летию почетного члена ФТИ им. А.Ф.Иоффе М.И. Дьяконова" (in Russian). Ioffe Institute. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ "Michel I Dyakonov". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ "D.I.Diakonov". thd.pnpi.spb.ru. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

External links

Article on Diakonoff at Encyclopædia Iranica
Diakonoff as a translator (in Russian)
"Indo-European Origins in Southeast Europe". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[:0-1] Kalashnikova, Elena. "'Я занялась японским на волне детского романтизма'" ['I took up Japanese on the wave of childhood romanticism']. Russian Journal (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[2] "Школа-семинар 'Спиновая физика полупроводников', приуроченная к 75-летию почетного члена ФТИ им. А.Ф.Иоффе М.И. Дьяконова" (in Russian). Ioffe Institute. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

[3] "Michel I Dyakonov". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

[4] "D.I.Diakonov". thd.pnpi.spb.ru. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

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-'''Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff''' ({{lang-ru|И́горь Миха́йлович Дья́конов}}; 12 January 1915 – 2 May 1999) was a [[Russians|Russian]] [[historian]], [[linguistics|linguist]], and [[translator]] and a renowned expert on the [[Ancient Near East]] and its languages. His last name is occasionally spelled '''Diakonov'''. His brothers were also distinguished historians.
+'''Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff''' (occasionally spelled '''Diakonov''', {{langx|ru|link=no|И́горь Миха́йлович Дья́конов}}; 12 January 1915 – 2 May 1999) was a Russian historian, [[linguist]], and translator and a renowned expert on the [[Ancient Near East]] and its languages. His brothers were also distinguished historians.
-==Life and career==
+== Life and career ==
+Diakonoff was brought up in [[Norway]]. He graduated from Leningrad State University (now [[Saint Petersburg State University]]) in 1938. In the same year he joined the staff of the [[Hermitage Museum]] in Leningrad (now [[Saint Petersburg]]). In 1949, he published a comprehensive study of [[Assyria]], followed in 1956 by a [[monograph]] on [[Medes|Media]]. Later on, he teamed up with the linguist [[Sergei Starostin]] to produce authoritative studies of the [[Languages of the Caucasus|Caucasian]], [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]], and [[Hurro-Urartian languages]].
-Diakonoff was brought up in [[Norway]]. He graduated from Leningrad State University (now [[Saint Petersburg State University]]) in 1938. In the same year he joined the staff of the [[Hermitage Museum]] in Leningrad (now [[Saint Petersburg]]). In 1949 he published a comprehensive study of [[Assyria]], followed in 1956 by a [[monograph]] on [[Medes|Media]]. Later on, he teamed up with the linguist [[Sergei Starostin]] to produce authoritative studies of the [[Languages of the Caucasus|Caucasian]], [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]], and [[Hurro-Urartian languages]].
 Diakonoff was honored in 2003 with a [[festschrift]] volume published in his memory, edited by [[Lionel Bender (linguist)|Lionel Bender]], Gábor Takács, and [[David Appleyard]]. In addition to articles on Afro-Asiatic languages, it contains a five-page list of his publications compiled by Takács.
-==Family==
+== Family ==
 Diakonoff's family members are known for their contributions to various fields of knowledge, both sciences and humanities.
 His wife and two sons became well-known researchers and achieved ranks of full professors.
-===Brother's family===
+=== Brother's family ===
-*Igor's brother Mikhail Mikhailovich Diakonoff was an authority<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://old.russ.ru/krug/20030131_kalash.html|title=www.russ.ru Елена Дьяконова. "Я занялась японским на волне детского романтизма"|website=old.russ.ru|access-date=2017-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225114748/http://old.russ.ru/krug/20030131_kalash.html|archive-date=2019-02-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[Iranian studies]].
+* Igor's brother Mikhail Mikhailovich Diakonoff was an authority<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last1=Kalashnikova |first1=Elena |url=http://old.russ.ru/krug/20030131_kalash.html |title='Я занялась японским на волне детского романтизма' |trans-title='I took up Japanese on the wave of childhood romanticism' |work=Russian Journal |access-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225114748/http://old.russ.ru/krug/20030131_kalash.html |archive-date=25 February 2019 |url-status=dead |lang=ru}}</ref> in [[Iranian studies]].
-*Mikhail Diakonoff's daughter Elena Diakonova is a translator<ref name=":0" /> from Old and Modern [[Japanese language|Japanese]].
+* Mikhail Diakonoff's daughter Elena Diakonova is a translator<ref name=":0" /> from Old and Modern Japanese.
-===Wife===
+=== Wives ===
-Igor's wife [[Nina Dyakonova]] (1915{{ndash}}2013) was an historian and critic of English literature, with a special interest in English Romantic poetry of the early 19th century ([[John Keats|Keats]], [[Lord Byron|Byron]], [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Shelley]]) and its reception in European and [[Russian literature]]. A student of Professors [[Viktor Zhirmunsky]] and Mikhail Alexeyev, she was a professor at her alma mater [[Saint Petersburg State University]], and later, teacher-training [[Herzen University]].
+Igor's first wife [[Nina Dyakonova]] (1915–2013) was a historian and critic of English literature, with a special interest in English Romantic poetry of the early 19th century ([[John Keats|Keats]], [[Lord Byron|Byron]], [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Shelley]]) and its reception in European and [[Russian literature]]. A student of Professors [[Viktor Zhirmunsky]] and Mikhail Alexeyev, she was a professor at her alma mater [[Saint Petersburg State University]], and later, teacher-training [[Herzen University]].
+His second wife, [[:ru:Янковская, Нинель Болеславовна|Ninel Yankovskaya]] (1925–2005), was a historian, assyriologist in the State [[Hermitage Museum]].
-===Sons===
+=== Sons ===
 Igor's sons became prominent physicists.
-* [[Mikhail Dyakonov|Mikhail Igorevich Dyakonov]] (born 1940) - Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Chief Researcher\Honorary Fellow<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ioffe.ru/sol/dyakonov.html|title=Школа-семинар "Спиновая физика полупроводников",приуроченная к 75-летию почетного члена ФТИ им. А.Ф.Иоффе М.И.Дьяконова|website=www.ioffe.ru|access-date=2017-12-22}}</ref> of the St. Petersburg Abram [[Ioffe Institute|Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute]] of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and after that,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michel_Dyakonov|title=Michel I Dyakonov {{!}} Université de Montpellier (UM1) {{!}} ResearchGate|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2017-12-22}}</ref> since 1998 professor at the [[University of Montpellier]], laureate of the [[USSR State Prize|State Prize of the USSR]];
-* [[:ru:Дьяконов, Дмитрий Игоревич|Dmitry Igorevich Dyakonov]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thd.pnpi.spb.ru/History/Diakonov/Script/diakonov.pl|title=D.I.Diakonov|website=thd.pnpi.spb.ru|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-22}}</ref> (1949-2012) - Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Deputy Head of the Sector of Theoretical Physics of High Energies, [http://www.pnpi.spb.ru/en/ Professor B. P. Konstantinov St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute] of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
+* [[Mikhail Dyakonov]] (born 1940) – Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Chief Researcher\Honorary Fellow<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ioffe.ru/sol/dyakonov.html|title=Школа-семинар 'Спиновая физика полупроводников', приуроченная к 75-летию почетного члена ФТИ им. А.Ф.Иоффе М.И. Дьяконова |publisher=Ioffe Institute |access-date=22 December 2017 |lang=ru |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017161426/http://www.ioffe.ru/sol/dyakonov.html |url-status=live}}</ref> of the St. Petersburg Abram [[Ioffe Institute|Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute]] of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and after that,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michel_Dyakonov|title=Michel I Dyakonov|language=en|access-date=22 December 2017|archive-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223215720/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michel_Dyakonov|url-status=live}}</ref> since 1998 professor at the [[University of Montpellier]], laureate of the [[USSR State Prize|State Prize of the USSR]];
-==Selected bibliography==
+* {{ill|Dmitry Dyakonov|ru|Дьяконов, Дмитрий Игоревич}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thd.pnpi.spb.ru/History/Diakonov/Script/diakonov.pl|title=D.I.Diakonov|website=thd.pnpi.spb.ru|language=en-US|access-date=22 December 2017|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203203944/http://thd.pnpi.spb.ru/History/Diakonov/Script/diakonov.pl|url-status=dead}}</ref> (1949–2012) – Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Deputy Head of the Sector of Theoretical Physics of High Energies, Professor B. P. Konstantinov St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
-*1965. ''[https://archive.org/details/DiakonoffSemitoHamiticLanguagesAnEssayInClassification1965 Semito-Hamitic Languages].'' Moscow: Nauka.
-*1984. Co-authored with V.P. Neroznak. ''Phrygian.'' Delmar, New York: Caravan Books.
+== Selected bibliography ==
-*1985. "On the original home of the speakers of Indo-European." ''Journal of Indo-European Studies'' 13, pp.&nbsp;92–174.
+* 1965. ''Semito-Hamitic Languages''. Moscow: Nauka.
-*1986. Co-authored with Sergei A. Starostin. ''Hurro-Urartian as an Eastern Caucasian Language.'' Munich: R. Kitzinger.
+* 1984. Co-authored with V. P. Neroznak. ''Phrygian''. Delmar, New York: Caravan Books.
-*1988. ''[https://archive.org/details/DiakonoffAfrasianLanguages1988 Afrasian Languages].'' Moscow: Nauka.
+* 1985. "On the original home of the speakers of Indo-European". ''Journal of Indo-European Studies'' 13, pp.&nbsp;92–174.
-*1992. Co-authored with Olga Stolbova and Alexander Militarev. ''Proto-Afrasian and Old Akkadian: A Study in Historical Phonetics.'' Princeton: Institute of Semitic Studies.
+* 1986. Co-authored with Sergei A. Starostin. ''Hurro-Urartian as an Eastern Caucasian Language''. Munich: R. Kitzinger.
-*1995. ''Archaic Myths of the Orient and the Occident.'' Acta universitatis gothoburgensis.
+* 1988. ''Afrasian Languages''. Moscow: Nauka.
-*1999. ''The Paths of History.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
+* 1992. Co-authored with Olga Stolbova and Alexander Militarev. ''Proto-Afrasian and Old Akkadian: A Study in Historical Phonetics''. Princeton: Institute of Semitic Studies.
+* 1995. ''Archaic Myths of the Orient and the Occident''. Acta universitatis gothoburgensis.
+* 1999. ''The Paths of History''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 == Sources ==
+* Dandamayev, M.A., Mogens T. Larsen, and J. Nicholas Postgate (editors). 1982. ''Societies and Languages of the Ancient Near East: Studies in Honour of I.M. Diakonoff.'' Warminster: Aris and Philipps.
+* Bender, M. Lionel and Gábor Takács (editors). 2003. ''Selected Comparative-Historical Afrasian Linguistic Studies in Memory of Igor M. Diakonoff.'' Munich: Lincom Europa.
+== References ==
-*Dandamayev, M.A., Mogens T. Larsen, and J. Nicholas Postgate (editors). 1982. ''Societies and Languages of the Ancient Near East: Studies in Honour of I.M. Diakonoff.'' Warminster: Aris and Philipps.
+{{Reflist}}
-*Bender, M. Lionel and Gábor Takács (editors). 2003. ''Selected Comparative-Historical Afrasian Linguistic Studies in Memory of Igor M. Diakonoff.'' Munich: Lincom Europa.
+== External links ==
-==References==
+* [http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/diakonoff-igor-mikhailovich-1914-1999-russian-orientalist-of-international-standing Article on Diakonoff] at ''[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]''
-<references />
+* [http://www.vekperevoda.com/1900/idjakonov.htm Diakonoff as a translator] {{In lang|ru}}
+* {{Cite web |url=http://dienekes.angeltowns.net/articles/ieorigins/ |title=Indo-European Origins in Southeast Europe |access-date=17 October 2022 |archive-date=8 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808002309/http://dienekes.angeltowns.net/articles/ieorigins/}}
-==External links==
-*[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/diakonoff-igor-mikhailovich-1914-1999-russian-orientalist-of-international-standing Article on Diakonoff from ''Encyclopædia Iranica'']
-*[http://www.vekperevoda.com/1900/idjakonov.htm Diakonoff as a translator (in Russian)]
-*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808002309/http://dienekes.angeltowns.net/articles/ieorigins/ |date=August 8, 2007 |title=Indo-European Origins in Southeast Europe }}
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