Yuri Knorosov

Yuri Valentinovich Knorosov (Russian: ???? ???????????? ????????; b. November 191922 ? d. March 31 1999) was a Russian linguist, epigrapher and ethnographer, who is renowned for the pivotal role his research played in the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphics.

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He was born near Kharkov in the Ukraine, into an academic Russian family. As a young man, Knorosov served in the Red Army during World War II as an artillery spotter. By some accounts he took part in the final push into Berlin during May, 1945, although later sources question this. Nevertheless, the following well-known anecdote has been published, possibly as a retrospective "embellishment" to his biography: the story goes that during this exercise he and his unit passed by the National Library as it was being consumed in a blaze. Knorosov apparently managed to retrieve from the building a one-volume edition containing copies of the three Maya codices which were then known. He later said that this chance discovery piqu?d his later lifelong interest in the subject area, although exactly how this work came into his possession is sometimes disputed.

1922: 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar)....

March 31: March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March....

1999: :For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album)...

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