TOMAŠEVSKIJ, Vsevolod Bronislavovič. St.Petersburg 13.(25.)9.1891 — Leningrad 14.2.1927. Russian Linguist. Son of Bronislav V. Tomaševskij (1850–1908), a physician, and Vera Ivanovna Cvetkova. From 1909 studies at St.Petersburg (under Baudouin de Courtenay and Scherzl). In 1914 joined the Bolshevist party. Participated in WW I in navy. From 1920 taught at Baku University, soon Professor of Comparative Linguistics at Leningrad University (from 1924), in 1926-27 its Rector. Twice married, with Klavdija Sigizmundovna Libroviča and Svetlana Mihajlovna Vladimirova, one son. Also a Sanskrit scholar.
Publications: “Sud’ba indoevropejskih konečnyh -âs, jâs / -ôs, -jôs v obščeslavjanskom”, Izvestija Azerb. gosud. universiteta 2, Baku 1921, 69-83.
Sources: bioslavhist.spbu.ru with photo; Russian Vikipedija.
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