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Dmitry Konstantinovich Zelenin


Dmitry Konstantinovich Zelenin (Russian: Дми́трий Константи́нович Зеле́нин; 1878–1954) was a Russian linguist and ethnographer.

He led the European Brigade of the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography, which was formed in 1938 to formulate the list of nationalities to be officially recognised by the Soviet Union.

In November 2004 the Antropologicheskii forum of St Petersburg honoured him with some readings dedicated to him


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