Lydia Petrovna Vasikova (May 28, 1927 – October 28, 2012) was a Soviet and Russian Finno-Ugric linguist, the first among Mari women, who became a Doctor of Science (1985), a professor (1986), an Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (1995), and a holder of the Order of the Cross of the Land of Mary (Estonia).[1]
Lydia Petrovna Vasikova
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| Born | 28 May 1927 |
| Died | 28 October 2012 |
| Nationality | Mari |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union, Russia |
| Education | Doctor of Sciences |
| Alma mater | Mari State University – Mari State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupskaya |
| Awards | Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Professor, Philologist |
| Institutions | Mari State University |
| Academic advisors | Paul Ariste |
| Notable students | Andrey Alekseevich Utyatin |
She was born on May 28, 1927, in the village of Pernyangashi of the Paygusovsky rural settlement of the Gornomariysky District of the Mari ASSR.[1][2]
On October 28, 2012, she died in an accident on the 14th kilometer of the Yoshkar-Ola – Kozmodemyansk road.[1][4]
Vasikova is the author of over 193 scientific publications, including 10 monographs in the field of Russian and general linguistics, contact linguistics, sociolinguistics, and Mari linguistics. Her textbooks on the Mari and Russian languages are used by university and school teachers. She was a member of the specialized council for the defense of candidate and doctoral dissertations in the Finno-Ugric languages. Vasikova was the author of a spelling dictionary for the Hill Mari language and the monographs "Basic syntax of a simple sentence in the Russian language" (1980) and "Complex syntax in the modern Mari literary language (1982)."[1]