Eugene Helimski

Eugene Arnoldovich Helimski (also spelled Eugene Khelimski; Russian: Евге́ний Арно́льдович Хели́мский Evgeniy Arnol'dovich Khelimsky; 15 March 1950 – 25 December 2007) was a Soviet and Russian linguist, later working in Germany. He held a Doctor of Philology degree (1988) and was a professor.

Helimski specialized in Samoyedic and Finno-Ugric languages, explored questions of Uralic and Nostratic linguistic relationships, language contact, the theory of genetic language classification, as well as the cultural history of Northern Eurasia and shamanism. He became one of the world’s leading authorities on the Samoyedic languages.