What is Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov?
{{Infobox person | name = Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov | image = Ivanov, Viacheslav.JPG | caption = Vyacheslav Ivanov at the 6 Moscow International Book Festival, 2011 | birth_date = 21 August 1929 | death_date = {{death date and age |2017|10|07 |1929|08|21 |df=yes}} | occupation = [[Linguist]] }} '''Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov''' ([[21 August]] [[1929]] &ndash; [[7 October]] [[2017]]) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]/[[Russia]]n [[history|historical]] [[Linguistics|linguist]]. His main topic of study is [[Indo-European languages]]. == Works == He is best known for his [[glottalic theory]] of how [[consonant]]s are spoken in Indo-European [[language]]s and for placing point of origin for these languages in the area of the [[Armenian Highland]]s and [[Lake Urmia]]. He was born in [[Moscow]]. Vyacheslav Ivanov's father was [[Vsevolod Ivanov]], one of the most famous Soviet [[writer]]s. His mother was an [[actor|actress]]. She worked in the [[theatre]] of [[Vsevolod Meyerhold]]. His childhood was filled by [[disease]] and [[war]], which he spent in [[Tashkent]]. Ivanov died in Moscow on 7 October 2017 at the age of 88.<ref>[https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2940898 Ушел из жизни выдающийся ученый Вячеслав Иванов] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} ==More readings== * Vyacheslav V. Ivanov and Thomas Gamkrelidze, The Early History of Indo-­European Languages, Scientific American, vol. 262, N3, 110­-116, March, 1990. * Gamkrelidze, Tamaz V.; Vjacheslav V. Ivanov (1995). Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. Mouton de Gruyter. {{ISBN|3-11-014728-9}}. {{authority control}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov, Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich}} [[Category:Russian linguists]] [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]]