Georgiy Sergeevich Starostin, (Russian: Георгий Сергеевич Ста́ростин, born July 4, 1976) is a linguistics researcher, head of the Sinology Department of the Institute of Oriental Cultures at the Russian State University for the Humanities, where he also teaches. Starostin's field is long-range linguistic comparison. He is working on Dravidian languages and the Khoisan languages particularly. His father was Sergei Starostin, also a noted linguistics researcher. July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and someone who engages in this study is called a linguist. ... Sinology is the study of China, which usually requires a foreign scholar to have command of the Chinese language. ... View of the RSUH campus The Russian State University for the Humanities, also known as RSUH or RGGU (РГГУ, Российский государственный гуманитарный университет), is a university in Moscow, Russia with over 5500 students. ... The Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 26 languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and eastern and central India, as well as in parts of Afghanistan and Iran. ... Map showing the distribution of the Khoi-San languages. ... Dr. Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin (b. ...

Starostin has also written large numbers of extensive reviews of rock music groups and albums on his site Only Solitaire: George Starostin's Music Reviews since 1998. It is frequently updated and covers in detail the music of most of the major groups and musicians since the 1950s up to the present day. Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... The 1950s were a decade that spanned the years 1951 through 1960. ...