SOKOLOV, Sergej Nikolaevič. Ozerovo village, uezd Tihvin, Čerepoveckoj gub. 8.6.1923 — 14.6.1985. Russian Iranian Scholar. Son of an official. In 1941-45 in military service. Graduated 1953 from Leningrad Oriental Faculty. Kand. filol. nauk 1958. Docent 1964. From 1956 taught at Leningrad Oriental Faculty, as translator visited Syria (1956) and U.A.R. (1958). 

Publications: At least 15 items, e.g. kand.diss. Ist. razvitie kauzativa v zapadno-iransk. jazykah. 1. MS. of 87 p. Lg. 1958

– “Grammatičeskij očerk jazyka beludžej Sovetskogo Sojuza”, Trudy Inst. Jazykoznanija 6, 1956, 57-91.

– Avestijskij jazyk. 123 p. M. 1961, new ed. 1967; Jazyk Avesty. Učebnoe posobie. 415 p. Lg. 1964.

– Osnovy iransk. jazykoznanija: Drevneiransk. jazyki. M. 1979 (129-233 “Jazyk Avesty”, 239-271 “Drevnepersidskij jazyk”).

Sources: Miliband 1977, 1995.