Background
Struve, Vasilii was born on February 2, 1889 in Petersburg.
academician historian Orientalist
Struve, Vasilii was born on February 2, 1889 in Petersburg.
Studied at Berlin under A.Erman. Graduated from Petersburg University in 1911. Pupil of B. Turaev and P. Kokovtsev. Studied at Berlin under A.Erman.
From 1916, taught at Leningrad University. From 1918-1933, head of the Egyptian Department of the Hermitage. 1937-1940, director of the Institute of Ethnography, Academy of Sciences.
In 1935, academician. From 1941-1950, director of the Institute of Oriental Studies (Institut Vostokovedenia). Leading authority on Egypt. articles and books.
Editor of historical magazines. One of the initiators of the Sovetskaia Istoricheskaia Entsiklopediia (Soviet Historical Encyclopaedia).
Religion is bad because it makes people base the way they run their lives on a falsehood.
Individuals have rights to express freedom if it safeguarde the interests of a collective.