Mark Konstantinovich Azadovsky (russian: Марк Константи́нович Азадо́вский; 18 December 1888 in

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

– 24 November 1954 in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a Soviet scholar of folk-tales and Russian literature. As the head of the Folklore department at Leningrad State University during Stalin's anticosmopolitan campaigns of 1948-1953, he was denounced and fired along with

Boris Eikhenbaum Boris Mikhailovich Eikhenbaum ( rus, Борис Михайлович Эйхенбаум, p=ɨjxʲɪnˈbaʊm; 16 October 1886 – 2 November 1959) was a Russian Empire and Soviet literary scholar and historian of Russian literature. He is a repre ...

Viktor Zhirmunsky The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

, and

Grigory Gukovsky Grigory Alexandrovich Gukovsky ( rus, Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Гуко́вский, p=ɡʊˈkofskʲɪj; 1 May 1902, in Saint Petersburg – 2 April 1950, in Moscow) was a Russian Formalist literary historian and scholar who ...

. Their scholarly work was expunged from literary journals and their names erased from all indices, footnotes, and bibliographies. After his expulsion from

Leningrad State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

, Azadovsky began to suffer heart trouble, complications of which led to his death in 1954.Egorov, Boris. "From Anti-Westernism to Anti-Semitism." Journal of Cold War Studies, Winter 200

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Azadovskii, Mark 1888 births 1954 deaths Writers from Irkutsk People from Irkutsk Governorate Tomsk State University faculty Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Ethnographers from the Russian Empire Soviet ethnographers Soviet folklorists Soviet literary historians Soviet male writers