# Georgy Klimov

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Russian linguist

**Georgy Klimov** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Гео́ргий Андре́евич Кли́мов, *Georgiy Andreyevich Klimov*) (September 23, 1928 – April 29, 1997) was a Russian linguist and a leading specialist of the [Caucasian languages](/source/Caucasian_languages). His interest focused primarily on the [Kartvelian](/source/Kartvelian_languages) linguistics but also encompassed the [Burushaski language](/source/Burushaski_language) and the [Amerind](/source/Amerind_languages) language group.

## Biography

Born in [Leningrad](/source/Leningrad), Klimov graduated from the [Leningrad State University](/source/Leningrad_State_University) in 1952. From 1954 onward, he worked for the [Institute of Linguistics](/source/Institute_of_Linguistics_of_the_Russian_Academy_of_Sciences) of the [Soviet Academy of Sciences](/source/Soviet_Academy_of_Sciences), becoming a professor there in 1988. He died in [Moscow](/source/Moscow) in 1997, leaving behind over 360 scholarly works and many projects uncompleted. An important work in the field of [comparative linguistics](/source/Comparative_linguistics) of Kartvelian languages, *Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages*, was published in 1998.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Georgij Andreevich Klimov. *Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages* (Mouton deGruyter, 1998)](http://www.mapageweb.umontreal.ca/tuitekj/publications/Tuite-2000-revKlimov.pdf) reviewed for *Anthropological Linguistics* vol 42 #4 (2000) by [Kevin Tuite](/source/Kevin_Tuite), [Université de Montréal](/source/Universit%C3%A9_de_Montr%C3%A9al).

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