Russian philology
linguistics).
History of the Department
Russian philology was not studied as an independent academic discipline until 1945, yet from
the very beginning of the faculty's existence there were courses in Russian studies on offer for
students of Slavic studies. In the 1922/1923 academic year, an independent Section of Russian
Language and Literature was founded within the School of Slavic Studies. The section was,
from its foundation until 1945, headed by Valerij Alexandrovic Pogorielov. In 1945 another
member of the post-revolutionary wave of Russian emigrants, Prof. Alexander Vasilievic
Isacenko, was appointed Professor in Russian Philology. In 1946 Prof. A. V. Isacenko became
the director of the newly established School of Russian, which transformed itself into the
Department of Russian Literature and Modern Language Studies in 1948. Prof. Isacenko was
still holding the leading post in 1950 when the Department of Russian Language and
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