Yevgeny Polivanov

Yevgeny Polivanov
Born	12 March [O.S. 28 February] 1891 Smolensk, Russian Empire
Died	25 January 1938(1938-01-25) (aged 46) Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupation	Linguist

Yevgeny Dmitrievich Polivanov (Russian: Евге́ний Дми́триевич Полива́нов; 12 March [O.S. 28 February] 1891 – 25 January 1938) was a Soviet linguist, orientalist, and polyglot who wrote major works on the Chinese, Japanese, Uzbek, and Dungan languages and on theoretical linguistics and poetics.