About Vasily Radlov
Vasily Vasilievich Radlov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Ра́длов), born Friedrich Wilhelm Radloff (17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1837 – 12 May 1918) was a German and Russian linguist, ethnographer, and archaeologist, often considered to be the founder of Turkology, the scientific study of Turkic peoples. He was the first to publish the Orhon inscriptions (though he did not succeed in deciphering them). During his time in Altai, Radlov explored over 100 archaeological sites and excavated the first kurgan of the Pazyryk culture. From 1872 to 1884, Radlov served as an inspector of Muslim schools in Tatarstan, penning the first Russian-language textbooks for these schools.
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