Sergei Nikolaev (linguist)

Sergei Lvovich Nikolaev
Born (1954-12-25) December 25, 1954
Alma materTver State University
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics, historical linguistics, accentology
InstitutionsInstitute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Academic advisorsVladimir Dybo

Sergei Lvovich Nikolaev (Russian: Серге́й Льво́вич Никола́ев; born 25 December 1954) is a Russian linguist, specialist in comparative historical linguistics, Slavic accentology and dialectology. He is the author of a number of books and articles on Indo-European studies, accentology, and Slavic dialectology. Nikolaev is a Doctor of Sciences in Philological Sciences.

He is also a major figure in the Moscow School of Comparative Linguistics.