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Vyacheslav Ivanov

Soviet linguist1929 to 2017

Wikidata names Mikhaïl Peterson and Pyotr Kuznetsov as doctoral advisors, lists 8 doctoral students, names Mikhaïl Peterson as teacher, and lists 10 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

stated by Wikidata
Mikhaïl Peterson
stated by Wikidata
Pyotr Kuznetsov

Students on Wikidata8

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

stated by Wikidata
Vladimir Dybo
born 1931
stated by Wikidata
Igor Mel'čuk
born 1932
stated by Wikidata
Vitaly Shevoroshkin
born 1932
stated by Wikidata
Andrey Zaliznyak
born 1935
stated by Wikidata
Elena Viktorovna Paducheva
born 1935
stated by Wikidata
Aleksandr Konstantinovič Žolkovskij
born 1937
stated by Wikidata
Vladislav Ardzinba
born 1945
stated by Wikidata
Valeria Kosyakova
born 1987

Teachers and mentors1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Mikhaïl Peterson

Taught10

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Vladimir Dybo
born 1931
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Igor Mel'čuk
born 1932
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Vitaly Shevoroshkin
born 1932
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Andrey Zaliznyak
born 1935
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Elena Viktorovna Paducheva
born 1935
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Aleksandr Konstantinovič Žolkovskij
born 1937
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Boris Uspenskij
born 1937
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Tamara Sudnik
born 1939
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Yulia Latynina
born 1966
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gleb Smirnov
born 1969

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataMikhaïl Petersonstated by WikidataPyotr Kuznetsov
2 steps up
stated by WikidataDmitry Ushakovstated by WikidataFilipp Fortunatovstated by WikidataJan Wiktor Porzeziński
3 steps up
stated by WikidataAugust Leskienstated by WikidataFyodor Buslaevstated by WikidataGeorg Curtiusstated by WikidataMichel Bréal
4 steps up
stated by WikidataIvan Davydov

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 20 people: 20 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career11

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

1946 to 1951
Lomonosov Moscow State University
studied
until 1951
Philological Faculty of Moscow State University
studied
undated
Stanford University
worked
undated
Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
worked
undated
Russian State University for the Humanities
worked
undated
University of California, Los Angeles
worked
undated
Philological Faculty of Moscow State University
worked
undated
Moscow University's Department of Philosophy
worked
undated
Yale University
worked
undated
University of California
worked
undated
Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering
worked

At a glance

known as: linguist, poet, historian, philosopher, translator, Hittitologist, university teacher, anthropologist, philologist, editor
fields: linguistics, semiotics, anthropology, literary studies, historical linguistics, psycholinguistics, quantitative linguistics, mathematical linguistics
degrees: candidate of philology, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, 1978
awards: USSR State Prize, Lenin Prize, Order of Friendship, Order of Honour and Glory, Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Prize of the President of the Russian Federation
member of: USSR Union of Writers, Russian Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993, British Academy, 1977, American Philosophical Society, from 1994
Wikipedia: in 25 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaVyacheslav Ivanov (philologist)
stated by WikidataWikidataQ794031
stated by WikidataVIAF108365230
stated by WikidataGND119005964
stated by WikidataIdRef028075358
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121469420

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@misc{academicancestry_Q794031,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Vyacheslav Ivanov: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q794031},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Vyacheslav Ivanov: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q794031