Background
KALINOVICH, Mikhail was born on October 13, 1888 in Zhakhnivtsy, now Vinnitsa Oblast.
KALINOVICH, Mikhail was born on October 13, 1888 in Zhakhnivtsy, now Vinnitsa Oblast.
1912 graduate Kiev University.
From 1916 taught at Kiev University and other higher educational establishments in Kiev. From 1924 also worked at Ukraine Academy of Sciences. 1930-1939 department head, from 1939 director, Institute of Linguistics and head, Social Sciences Department, Ukraine' Academy of Sciences.
Did research on Ukraine and general linguistics, lexicography and lit history. Translated works of Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells into Ukraine.
Member, Ukraine Academy of Sciences from 1939.