Vladimir Dal

✶November 22, 1801

†October 4, 1872

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About their life

Vladimir Ivanovich Dal was a Russian lexicographer, speaker of many languages, Turkologist, and founding member of the Russian Geographical Society. During his lifetime, he compiled and documented Russian oral traditions, many of which became part of modern folklore.

Russian lexicographer (1801–1872)

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