Ryurik Lonin

Rjurik Petrovič Lonin
Born(1930-09-22)22 September 1930
Kaskesruchey, Karelian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died17 July 2009(2009-07-17) (aged 78)
Shyoltozero, Republic of Karelia, Russia
OccupationToolmaker, museum worker
GenreFolklore, local history
SpouseAnna Petrovna Lonina

Rjurik Petrovič Lonin (Russian: Рю́рик Петро́вич Ло́нин, Ryurik Petrovich Lonin; 22 September 1930, Kaskesruchey, Karelian ASSR, Soviet Union – 17 July 2009, Shyoltozero (Šoutar’v), Prionezhskiĭ raĭon, Republic of Karelia, Russia)[1] was a Russian collector of Veps folklore, founder of the Lonin Museum of Veps Ethnography, and an author in the Veps and Russian languages. He has been characterised as the most important Veps person ever to have lived and the best-known Veps person of his time.[2]

  1. ^ "GTRK: Ушёл из жизни защитник вепсской культуры" (in Russian). 17 July 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Karjalan sanomat" (in Finnish). 17 July 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

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