Nikolai Zolotnitsky

Nikolai Zolotnitsky
Born
Nikolai Ivanovich Zolotnitsky

(1829-12-03)3 December 1829
Cheboksarskiy uyezd, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died14 May 1880(1880-05-14) (aged 50)
Alma materKazan University
Scientific career
Fieldslinguist, comparative Turkologist, ethnographer, public figure
InstitutionsKazan Chamber of State Property, Ministry of Public Education, Kazan Mission School

Nikolai Zolotnitsky (3 December 1829, Cheboksarskiy uyezd, Kazan Governorate — 14 May 1880, Kazan, Kazan Governorate) was a Russian Chuvash linguist and one of the founders of national Chuvash scientific linguistics. He was also a comparative Turkologist, ethnographer, teacher, and public figure.