Sergey Yurievich Neklyudov () (born March 31, 1941) is a Soviet and Russian philosopher, folklorist and orientalist. , he is professor and scientific director of the Center for Typology and Semiotics of Folklore at the

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.Неклюдов Сергей Юрьевич
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and in 1973 earned his ''

Candidate of Sciences A Candidate of Sciences is a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD-equivalent academic research degree in all the post-Soviet countries with the exception of Ukraine, and until the 1990s it was also awarded in Central and Eastern European countries. It is ...

'' (Ph.D.) degree with the thesis "Epic traditions of the peoples of Central Asia and the problem of literary contacts between East and West in the Middle Ages". In 1985/1986 he earned the degree of ''

Doctor of Sciences A Doctor of Sciences, abbreviated д-р наук or д. н.; ; ; ; is a higher doctoral degree in the Russian Empire, Soviet Union and many Commonwealth of Independent States countries. One of the prerequisites of receiving a Doctor of Sciences ...

''. He is an author of over 500 articles, translated in many languages. His research interests include: *theoretical folkloristics, with emphasis on functional-semantic study of oral narrative forms *persistent themes and motifs in world literature *folklore of the Mongolian peoples *Russian epics and fairy tales *Modern

urban folklore Urban legend (sometimes modern legend, urban myth, or simply legend) is a genre of folklore concerning stories about an unusual (usually scary) or humorous event that many people believe to be true but largely are not. These legends can be e ...

, urban songs He was a visiting professor in Canada, Germany, Ukraine, Brasil, Estonia, and Poland.

Books

*1982: (with Ж. Тумурцерен hogdovzhavyn Tumurtseren, Tomortseren: Монгольские сказания о Гесере. Новые записи. (''Mongolian Epics about

Gesar The Epic of King Gesar (), also spelled Kesar () or Geser (especially in Mongolian contexts), is an epic from Tibet and Central Asia. It originally developed between 200 or 300 BCE and about 600 CE. Folk balladeers continued to pass on the sto ...

. New Records''), Moscow, Наука, 1982. German translation (''Mongolische Erzahlungen uber Geser : neue Aufzeichnungen''):

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, 1985 *1984: Героический эпос монгольских народов. Устные и литературные традиции. Moscow, Наука, Chinese translation:

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, 1991 *2001: (among editors and authors) Структура волшебной сказки (''The Structure of the Magic Fairy Tale''), Moscow **Initially published in proceedings of Tartu workshop on

semiotics Semiotics ( ) is the systematic study of sign processes and the communication of meaning. In semiotics, a sign is defined as anything that communicates intentional and unintentional meaning or feelings to the sign's interpreter. Semiosis is a ...

(the obsuscated name "secondary modeling systems" was used for the workshop due to

suppressed research in the Soviet Union Many fields of scientific research in the Soviet Union were banned or suppressed with various justifications. All humanities and social sciences were tested for strict accordance with dialectical materialism. These tests served as a cover for p ...

) 1961–1971, translated into English (1971), German (1986), French (1992) and Italian (1977), first printed as a monograph by Russian State University for the Humanities in 2001 *2010: Историческая поэтика фольклора: от архаики к классике :2019: Фольклорный ландшафт Монголии, vol.1: Миф и обряд, vol. 2: Эпос книжный и устный

Awards

*1972:

Pitrè Prize The Giuseppe Pitrè – Salvatore Salomone Marino International Prize for Ethnohistory () is awarded since 1958 for an outstanding book or long essay on demoethnoanthropological issues. The prize is one of the oldest and most distinguished awards g ...

for work on folklore *2022:

Order of the Polar Star (Mongolia) The Order of the Polar Star (Mongolian: , Traditional Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨ ᠭᠠᠳᠠᠰᠤ ᠣᠳᠤᠨ) is a state award of Mongolia. The order was created in 1936. The regulation was approved by the resolution of the Presidium of the ...

Сергей Неклюдов удостоен Ордена Полярной звезды
/ref>Сергей Неклюдов: «Монгольскими фольклорно-мифологическими и литературными традициями я начал заниматься еще в студенческие годы»
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References

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Неклюдов Сергей Юрьевич
a series of interviews with Neklyudov {{DEFAULTSORT:Nerlyudov, Sergey Russian philosophers Russian folklorists Russian orientalists Moscow State University alumni Academic staff of the Russian State University for the Humanities Recipients of the Order of the Polar Star (Mongolia) 1941 births Living people