Background
MESHCHANINOV, Ivan was born on November 24, 1883 in St. Petersburg.
MESHCHANINOV, Ivan was born on November 24, 1883 in St. Petersburg.
1907 graduate Law Faculty, St. Petersburg University. 1909 graduate St. Petersburg Archeological Institute.
1910-1923 lecturer and head of archives, Petrograd Archeological Institute. 1919-1932 associate, Japhetic Institute, Leningrad. 1920-1931 at State Academy for the History of Material Culture.
1926-1933 directed archeological Study of ancient Van-Urart in the Caucasus. 1933-1937 director, Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography, USSR Academy of Sciences. 1935-1950 director, Institute of Language and Thought, USSR Academy of Sciences.
From 1939 acad secretary, Department of Lit and Language, and Presidium member, USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1950 senior associate, Institute of Linguistics, USSR Academy of Sciences. 1960-1963 Burau member, Department of Lit and Language, USSR Academy of Sciences.
1937-1962 professor, Leningrad University. Specialist in ancient Oriental languages, especially Urart. Adhered to Academy Marr’s language theory, which involved him in criticism in the 1950’s.
All religious orders impose irrational rules of good and bad behaviour.
Every person has rights to express his or her opinion, but the opinion could be expressed if it was in accordance with the general interests of Soviet society.
Member, USSR Academy of Sciences from 1932.