Vasily Abaev

Vasily (Vaso) Ivanovich Abaev
Vasily (Vaso) Ivanovich Abaev
Born	December 15, 1900; Kobi, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	March 18, 2001 (aged 100); Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Linguistics
Awards	Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of Merit for the Fatherland; Twice winner of the prize K. Khetagurov; Honoured Worker of Science of Georgia and North Ossetia; USSR State Prize;
Academic background
Education	Leningrad University
Academic work
Discipline	Ossetian linguistics

Vasily (Vaso) Ivanovich Abaev, also Abayev or Abayti (Russian: Василий Иванович Абаев, Ossetian: Абайты Иваны фырт Васо; 15 December 1900 – 18 March 2001) was a Soviet Ossetian linguist specializing in Iranian, particularly Ossetian linguistics.

Vasily (Vaso) Ivanovich Abaev
Born	(1900-12-15)December 15, 1900 Kobi, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	March 18, 2001(2001-03-18) (aged 100) Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Linguistics
Awards	Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Merit for the Fatherland Twice winner of the prize K. Khetagurov Honoured Worker of Science of Georgia and North Ossetia USSR State Prize

Academic background
Education	Leningrad University
Academic work
Discipline	Ossetian linguistics