LIKHACHEV Dmitry

Likhachev, Dmitry Sergeyevich (p. 1906, St. Petersburg) - Historian drevnerus. lit-ry. Genus. Domestic engineer. In 1923 he graduated from the owls. labor school and enrolled at the Petrograd University Press in the department of linguistics and lit-ry Faculty of Social Sciences. In 1928 he graduated from the University Press, defending two diplomas - in the Roman-Germanic and Slavic-Russian, Philology. In 1928, for participating in student academic circle, Likhachev was arrested and was sitting in the Solovki camp. In 1931 - 1932 was the construction of the White Sea-Baltic Canal, and was released as a "drummer Belbaltlaga with the right of residence throughout the territory of the USSR". In 1934 - 1938 Likhachev worked in the Leningrad. Department publishers USSR. Attracted attention when editing the book. AA. Shakhmatova "Review Russian Chronicles" and was invited to work in the department drevnerus. lit-ry of the Pushkin House, where he rose from ml. researcher to member of the Academy of Sciences (1970). In 1941, Likhachev defended his thesis "The Novgorod Chronicle XII century". In besieged Leningrad fascists Likhachev co-authored with the archaeologist MA. Tianovoy wrote a pamphlet entitled "Defense of ancient cities, to-heaven appeared in the besieged 1942. In 1947, Likhachev defended his doctoral thesis "Essays on the history of literature. Forms chronicle XI - XVI centuries. ". Likhachev is world-famous as a literary critic and historian of culture, textual criticism, popularizer of science, writer. His ground-breaking study "The Lay of Igor", numerous articles and commentaries were a section of domestic medieval studies. Great importance for the history of science is his monograph "Textual. The material of Russian literature X - XVII vv. ". Being engaged in specialized areas, Likhachev knows how to tell them simply, intelligibly, and not for the specialist. In the book. "Man in the literature of Old Russia" Likhachev showed how changing styles in the ancient Russian. lit-re, enabling the modern reader to perceive the product of the past. Many managed to do Likhachev as a teacher and organizer of science, he is a member of many foreign academies, twice honored with State. Prize (1952, 1969), in 1986 became a Hero of Socialist. Labor. In 1989, Likhachev was elected deputy of the USSR.