Kristen Nehemiah Horst

Leonid P. Potapov Kristen Nehemiah Horst

Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Leonid Pavlovich Potapov was a 20th century ethnographer specialising in the study of peoples of Southern Siberia. Leonid Potapov was born in the Altai city Barnaul. From his early years L. Potapov showed interest to ethnography of his native land, travelling to study the culture of Altaians with a known Altaist Andrey V. Anokhin. He visited Alatai in 1925 to gather ethnographic material on behalf of the Russian Geographical Society. He graduated from the geographical department of the Leningrad State University with a major in ethnography in 1928. Here he had studied with Lev Sternberg, Vladimir Bogoraz, Dmitrii Zelenin, Sergei Rudenko. Alexander Samoilovich, and Sergey Malov tutored him in T rkic languages. Following his graduation Potapov was appointed a head of scientific department in an Uzbek research institute, leading ethnographic expeditions to various areas of Uzbekistan. Doctor of Historical sciences, professor, "Tuva ASSR Honored Worker of Science," an outstanding researcher of history and culture of Altaians, Shors, Khakases, Tuvinians and other peoples of Southern Siberia.