MIHAIL PAVLOVIČ ALEKSEEV (b. Kiev, 24 May 1896 – d. Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad), 19 September 1981)

University of Leningrad, Faculty of Philology, professor (1933–1960)

Membership of SASA: Department of Language and Literature; foreign member from 16 December 1971

Awards and recognitions: Dr. h.c: Rostock (1959), Оxford (1963), Sorbonne (1964), Bordeaux (1964), Budapest (1967); decorations: Medal for Defence of Leningrad (1942); Order of Lenin (1966) etc.

Obituary: Godišnjak/SANU: for 1982. 89 (1983) 371–373 (Mira Lalić); Михаил Павлович Алексеев / В. Н. Баскаков // Известия Академии наук СССР. Серия литературы и языкаю 41 (1982) 94–95.; Михаил Павлович Алексеев / б.п. // Советское славяноведение. 2 (1982) 93–94.; Михаил Павлович Алексеев / б. п. // Весник АН СССР. 12 (1981) 95.

Photograph:  SANU-F 434