Background
BARANNIKOV, Aleksey was born on April 2, 1890 in Zolotonosha, now Cherkassy Oblast. Son of a carpenter.
BARANNIKOV, Aleksey was born on April 2, 1890 in Zolotonosha, now Cherkassy Oblast. Son of a carpenter.
1914 graduate Faculty of History and Philology, Kiev L!niv.
From 1919 professor Samara University. From 1920 professor, Saratov LIniv. 1922-1952 professor, then head.
Chair of Indian Philology, 1911-1938, simultaneously head, Chair of Indian Languages, Leningrad Institute of Living Oriental Languages. 1921-1928 sci curator, Russian Musem: 1936-1939 head, Chair of Indian Languages, Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies. 1938-1940 director, Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR Academy of Sciences.
Studied ancient, medieval and modern Indian languages and ancient Indian lit: also studied gypsy dialects among Ukraine and Russian gypsies. Translated and analysed Indian medieval epics: Lallu ghi Lala’s ”Prem Sahar” (1937) and Tulsi Dasa’s "Ramayany" (1948).
Member, USSR Academy of Sciences from 1939.