{"id":7828,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/agnia-vasilevna-desnickaja-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:48","slug":"agnia-vasilevna-desnickaja-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/agnia-vasilevna-desnickaja-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Agnia Vasilevna Desnickaja"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Agnia <\/span>Vasilevna<\/span> Desnickaya<\/span>, a Russian linguis<\/span>t<\/span>, professor, corresponding member of <\/span>t<\/span>he Academy of Sciences of <\/span>t<\/span>he Sovie<\/span>t<\/span> Union, and <\/span>Albanianologis<\/span>t<\/span>, was born in 1931. She comple<\/span>t<\/span>ed her higher s<\/span>t<\/span>udies in German philology a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he “AI <\/span>Hercen<\/span>” Pedagogical Ins<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>u<\/span>t<\/span>e in <\/span>Leningrad<\/span>. <\/span>Desnickaya<\/span> worked a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Pedagogical Ins<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>u<\/span>t<\/span>e, <\/span>t<\/span>he Universi<\/span>t<\/span>y, and <\/span>t<\/span>he Ins<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>u<\/span>t<\/span>e of Linguis<\/span>t<\/span>ics of <\/span>t<\/span>he Academy of Sciences (S<\/span>t<\/span>. Pe<\/span>t<\/span>ersburg b<\/span>ran<\/span>c<\/span>h), where she held several leadership posi<\/span>t<\/span>ions. From 1976 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1988, she headed <\/span>t<\/span>he Depar<\/span>t<\/span>men<\/span>t<\/span> of Compara<\/span>t<\/span>ive-His<\/span>t<\/span>orical S<\/span>t<\/span>udies of Indo-European Languages and Areal Linguis<\/span>t<\/span>ics, focusing on Balkan s<\/span>t<\/span>udies, par<\/span>t<\/span>icularly Albanian. In 1957, she founded <\/span>t<\/span>he b<\/span>ran<\/span>c<\/span>h of Albanian language and li<\/span>t<\/span>era<\/span>t<\/span>ure a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Facul<\/span>t<\/span>y of Philology of <\/span>t<\/span>he Universi<\/span>t<\/span>y of Le<\/span>ningrad and direc<\/span>t<\/span>ed i<\/span>t<\/span> un<\/span>t<\/span>il 1992. She visi<\/span>t<\/span>ed Albania for <\/span>t<\/span>he firs<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>ime in 1946, bu<\/span>t<\/span> her research <\/span>t<\/span>rip in 1957 was significan<\/span>t<\/span>; <\/span>t<\/span>ha<\/span>t<\/span> same year marked <\/span>t<\/span>he beginning of her publica<\/span>t<\/span>ions dedica<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he language of Albanian li<\/span>t<\/span>era<\/span>t<\/span>ure. <\/span>Desnickaya<\/span> par<\/span>t<\/span>icip<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>ed several <\/span>t<\/span>imes in scien<\/span>t<\/span>ific ac<\/span>t<\/span>ivi<\/span>t<\/span>ies organized in Prish<\/span>t<\/span>ina (1974–1986) and in <\/span>t<\/span>he colloquium dedica<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o Naim <\/span>Frashëri<\/span> in <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a in 1990. She also <\/span>t<\/span>rained a genera<\/span>t<\/span>ion of researchers who con<\/span>t<\/span>inued educa<\/span>t<\/span>ional and scien<\/span>t<\/span>ific work on <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian la<\/span>nguage and li<\/span>t<\/span>era<\/span>t<\/span>ure. Her research con<\/span>t<\/span>ribu<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>various s<\/span>t<\/span>udies<\/span> on <\/span>t<\/span>he grammar and lexicon of Balkan languages. Agnia <\/span>Vasilevna<\/span> Desnickaya<\/span> explored several areas wi<\/span>t<\/span>hin Albanian s<\/span>t<\/span>udies, including <\/span>t<\/span>he his<\/span>t<\/span>ory of <\/span>t<\/span>he language, dialec<\/span>t<\/span>ology, lexical borro<\/span>wings, morphological s<\/span>t<\/span>ruc<\/span>t<\/span>ure, li<\/span>t<\/span>erary language, folklore language, and <\/span>t<\/span>he Balkan connec<\/span>t<\/span>ions of Albanian. She suppor<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>t<\/span>heory of <\/span>t<\/span>he Illyrian origin of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian language. Alongside <\/span>numerous<\/span> ar<\/span>t<\/span>icles, she published <\/span>t<\/span>he syn<\/span>t<\/span>hesis work “<\/span>Albanskij<\/span> jazyk<\/span> i<\/span> ego <\/span>dialek<\/span>t<\/span>y<\/span>” (1968), which was <\/span>t<\/span>ran<\/span>sla<\/span>t<\/span>ed in<\/span>t<\/span>o Albanian as “<\/span>Gjuha<\/span> Shqipe <\/span>dhe<\/span> dialek<\/span>t<\/span>e<\/span>t<\/span> e <\/span>saj<\/span>” (“<\/span>T<\/span>he Albanian Language and I<\/span>t<\/span>s Dialec<\/span>t<\/span>s”) (Prish<\/span>t<\/span>ina, 1972) and <\/span>t<\/span>he collec<\/span>t<\/span>ion “Le<\/span>t<\/span>ërsia <\/span>shqipe<\/span> dhe<\/span> gjuha<\/span> shqipe<\/span>” (“Albanian Li<\/span>t<\/span>era<\/span>t<\/span>ure and <\/span>t<\/span>he Albania<\/span>n Language”) (1987). She passed away in Russia in 1992. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span>o: Agnia <\/span>Vasilevna<\/span> Desnickaya<\/span><\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary – Vol. 1<\/span><\/span>, Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kris<\/span>t<\/span>alina-KH”, <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, 2008, page 453.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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