Vasily Radlov
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Vasily Vasilievich Radlov or Friedrich Wilhelm Radloff (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Ра́длов; January 17 [O.S. January 5] 1837–May 12, 1918) was the German-born Russian founder of Turcology, or the scientific study of the Turkic peoples.
Working as a schoolteacher in Barnaul, Radlov became interested in the native peoples of Siberia and published his ethnographic findings in the influential monograph From Siberia (1884). From 1866 to 1907, he translated and released a number of monuments of Turkic folklore. Most importantly, he was the first to publish the Orhon inscriptions. Four volumes of his comparative dictionary of Turkic languages followed in 1893 to 1911.
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| Preceded by Leopold von Schrenck |
Director of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography 1894–1918 |
Succeeded by Vasily Bartold |
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