Konstantin Bogdanov
Russian anthropologist, philologist (1963-2026)
Konstantin Anatolevich Bogdanov (Russian: Константин Анатольевич Богданов; 30 March 1963 – 21 February 2026) was a Russian anthropologist and philologist whose areas of investigation covered Russian culture, including folklore, rhetoric, and the history of science and humanities. He also researched the history of social thought in 18th–20th-century Russia.
Early life and education
Konstantin Bogdanov was born on 30 March 1963 in Leningrad, USSR (later Saint Petersburg, Russia). He obtained his undergraduate degree in classical philology and Russian language and literature at Saint Petersburg State University. Bogdanov became a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
In 1992, Bogdanov completed his PhD with the dissertation: “Magic Spelling in Russian Folklore: A Structural Analysis". The same year, he became a leading researcher for the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences. From 1994 to 1995, Bogdanov was a senior lecturer for the State University of Trade Unions for the Humanities in Saint Petersburg. During this time, he obtained a grant from the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and produced an investigation of social thought in 19th-century Russia. Bogdanov continued his post-doctoral work with the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1998.
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