BESKROVNYJ, Vasilij Matveevič. Šejkovka (Šijkivka), Harkovskaja obl., Ukraine 24.5. (6.6.)1908 — Moscow 1.4.1978. Russian (Ukrainian?) Indologist, specialist in Hindi/Urdu. From 1926 studies at Leningrad Oriental Institute: graduated 1930, Kand. filol. nauk 1943. Naučnyj sotrudnik at Oriental Institute, Academy of Science, Leningrad from 1932, staršij n. sotr. 1943. In 1936-38 taught at Leningrad Oriental Institute and 1938-41 in Committee for Educating Cadres; in 1939-40 and 1945-56 at Leningrad University. In 1942-45 in Kislovodsk and Tashkent. In 1964 and from 1968 taught at Institute of Oriental languages in Moscow.
Publications: More than one hundred publications, i.al.:
– Kand.diss. Slovarnyj sostav sovremennogo literaturnogo urdu. Manuscript of 68 p. Taškent 1943.
– “Dviženie za gosudarstvennyj jazyk v Indii”, Sov. Vostokoved. 2, 1941, 181-227; “O sočetanijah glagol’nyh osnov hindi s rahna”, UZLU 279, Serija Vostokoved. nauk 9, 1960, 81-103; “Gibridnye dvandva v hindi”, Indijskaja i iranskaja filologija. M. 1964, 247-253; “O roli sanskrita v razvitii novoindijskih literaturnyh jazykov”, Hindi i urdu. M. 1965, 62-81.
– With B. E. Krasnodembskij: Urdu-russkij slovar’. 844 p. M. 1951.
– Hindi-russkij slovar’. 1224 p. M. 1953, 2nd ed. 1317 p. M. 1959.
– Russko-hindi slovar’. M. 1958.
– With A. S. Barhudarov, G. A. Zograf & V. P. Liperovskij: Hindi-russkij slovar’ / Hindī-rūsī śabdkoṣ. 1-2. 907+912 p. M. 1972.
– Očerki funkcional’nyh stilej hindi. 169 p. 1982.
Sources: Miliband 1997; Russian Vikipedija with photo.
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