Aharon Dolgopolsky (born 1930) is a Russian-born Israeli comparative linguist and one of the modern founders of comparative Nostratic linguistics. Born in Moscow, he arrived at the long-forgotten Nostratic hypothesis in the 1960s, at around the same time but independently of Vladislav Illich-Svitych. Together with Illich-Svitych, he was the first to undertake a multilateral comparison of the daughter-languages of Nostratic. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Broadly conceived, linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ... Nostratic is a highly controversial language super-family that putatively links many Eurasian language families. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Maskvá  listen) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Vladislav Markovich Illich-Svitych (1934-66) was a founding father of comparative Nostratic linguistics. ...

After teaching Nostratics at Moscow University for 8 years, Dolgopolsky moved to Israel in 1976, and is currently at Haifa University. Moscow State University campus M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Московский Государственный Университет имени М.В.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is considered the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ...