Olga Sirotinina

Sirotinina in 2019

Olga Borisovna Sirotinina (Russian: Ольга Борисовна Сиротинина; 27 June 1923 – 18 July 2025) was a Soviet and Russian linguist.

Life and career

Sirotinina was born on 27 June 1923 in Saratov. She was the granddaughter of Saratov politician Nikolai Nikolayevich Sirotinin.[1] In 1940 she entered the Faculty of Philology of Saratov University, which she graduated from in 1945.[2]

She held several positions at the university following graduation, including senior lecturer at the Department of Slavic-Russian Linguistics.[2] During 1973–1993 she was the head of the Department of the Russian Language, then the Head of the Department of Russian Language and Speech Communication. After 1993 she was a professor of the Department of Russian Language and Speech Communication.[3]

She was awarded the Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation in 1999.[4] In 2023 she was awarded the Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour.[5]

Sirotinina died on 18 July 2025, at the age of 102.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Н.Н.Сиротинин: личная одарённость в контексте семейной | Медицинские интернет-конференции" [N.N. Sirotinin: Personal giftedness in the family context | Medical Internet Conferences]. medconfer.com. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Сиротинина Ольга Борисовна | СГУ" [Sirotinina Olga Borisovna | SGU]. www.sgu.ru. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Профессор О.Б. Сиротинина отмечает 95-летие | СГУ - Саратовский государственный университет" [Professor O.B. Sirotinina celebrates her 95th birthday | SGU - Saratov State University]. www.sgu.ru. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Сиротинина Ольга Борисовна | СГУ - Саратовский государственный университет" [Sirotinina Olga Borisovna | SGU - Saratov State University]. www.sgu.ru. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 27.03.2023 г. № 90-рп" [Order of the President of the Russian Federation dated 27.03.2023 No. 90-rp]. Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Скончалась профессор Саратовского госуниверситета Ольга Сиротинина [Professor of Saratov State University Olga Sirotinina has passed away] (in Russian)
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