Lev Zhirkov

Lev Ivanovich Zhirkov
Лев Иванович Жирков
Born(1885-03-19)19 March 1885
Moscow
Died4 December 1963(1963-12-04) (aged 78)
Moscow
Citizenship Russian Empire Soviet Union
Alma materMoscow State University, Saint Petersburg State University
Awards

Lev Ivanovich Zhirkov (Russian: Лев Иванович Жирков; 19 March 1885, Moscow – 4 December 1963, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian philologist, specializing in Persian and Caucasian languages, and Esperantist. Brother of Elisheva Bikhovski.