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Nikolai Iosifovich Konrad
Nikolai Iosifovich Konrad (Николай Иосифович Конрад, 1 March 1891 – 30 September 1970) was a Russian philologist and historian, described in the "Great Soviet Encyclopedia" as "the founder of the Soviet school of Japanese scholars".
Life.
Konrad studied at the Oriental Faculty of St Petersburg University, attending lectures by Lev Shternberg at the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. After graduation he travelled to Japan and Korea, studying the languages and undertaking ethnographic study. World War I prevented his return to
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