Boris Andreyevich Uspensky is a Russian philologist and mythographer. He was born on 1 March 1937 and graduated from the Moscow University in 1960. Uspensky delivered lectures in Moscow until 1992, but later moved on to work in the Harvard University, Vienna University, and the University of Graz. He was elected to many scholarly societies and academies of Europe. Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... A mythographer, according to a strict dictionary definition, is a compiler of myths. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... The University of Vienna (German: Universität Wien) was founded in 1365 by Rudolph IV and hence named Alma mater Rudolphina. ... The University of Graz (founded 1585), a university located in Graz, Austria, is the second-largest university in Austria. ...

Uspensky worked with Yuri Lotman and was influenced by his ideas. His major works include Linguistic Situation in Kievan Rus and Its Importance for the Study of the Russian Literary Language, Philological Studies in the Sphere of Slavonic Antiquities, and The Principles of Structural Topology. Yuri Lotman Yuri Lotman (also Juri, Jüri, Jurij) (28 February 1922 - 1993) was an important semiotician, culturologist, and philologist in Russian literature. ...

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• ((Russian)) Russian text of the Philological Studies in the Sphere of Slavonic Antiquities