Background
VASIL’YEV, Valerian was born on January 1, 1883 in village Susady-Ebalak, Ufa Province. Son of a peasant.
VASIL’YEV, Valerian was born on January 1, 1883 in village Susady-Ebalak, Ufa Province. Son of a peasant.
1906 graduate Kazan’ Theological Seminary. From 1913 studied at Faculty of History and Philology, Kazan' University.
Did research on Mari philology, compiled a definitive grammar of this language and collected Mari folk-songs and poems.