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Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachov
He is the best known for fundamental works dedicated to the history of Russian literature and Russian culture.
Likhachev made a significant contribution to the study of ancient Russian literature and art.
He was born 28 November 1906 (O.S.15 November) in St. Petersburg. Likhachev said that he was born in an intelligent family. His father was a electrical engineer. -
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EducationFrom 1914 to 1915 he studied at the gymnasium of the Imperial Philanthropic Society
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EducationFrom 1915 to 1920 he studied at K. May`s the Real school
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EducationThen until 1923 he studied in the Soviet school uniform labor. Nowadays it is school № 47 named D.S. Likhachev
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EducationIn 1928 he graduated from Leningrad State University
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Great Patriotic WarFrom the Autumn of 1941 to Spring of 1942, he was with his family in the besieged Leningrad. In the siege of Leningrad his father died
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AwardsIn 1952he was awarded the Stalin Prize of the second degree for the collective scientific work "A Cultural History of Ancient Russia. T. 2 »
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AwardsIn 1954 he was awarded the medal "For Labor Valor"
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In 1961 he participated in the II International Conference on poetics
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AwardsThe Secretariat of the Union of Bulgarian Writers awarded honorary Likhachev sign "Nikola Vaptsarov"
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DeathDmitry Likhachov died on 30 September 1999 in St. Petersburg.
