May 18, 1862
Precision: day · Rank: normal
No external source identified
THE DATE BEHIND THE NAME
Nikolai Katanov
Russian ethnograph and linguist of Khakas descent (1862–1922)
Nikolai Katanov has incompatible recorded birth dates. The main Wikidata statement lists May 6, 1862 in Yeniseysk Governorate.
Born
May 6, 1862
An exact age is omitted because the recorded dates are incompatible or not precise enough.
Died: March 9, 1922
- Birthplace
- Yeniseysk Governorate
- Professions
- orientalist, linguist, pedagogue, ethnographer, folklorist, university teacher, numismatist, Turkologist
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Incompatible birth dates
Sources disagree: May 6, 1862 (Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia) or May 18, 1862 (No external source identified) or May 30, 1862 (No external source identified) or May 18, 1862 (Chuvash encyclopedia).
The main date retains its own sources. These alternatives overlap neither all other statements nor the main date. Rank is Wikidata editorial priority, not proof.
May 30, 1862
Precision: day · Rank: normal
Original calendar: Julian. Displayed date is Gregorian.
No external source identified
No external source identified
May 18, 1862
Precision: day · Rank: normal
Original calendar: Julian. Displayed date is Gregorian.
- Source: Chuvash encyclopedia
All birth date sources
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Synchronized from Wikidata on October 5, 2026. View Wikidata record
Questions people ask
Where was Nikolai Katanov born?
Nikolai Katanov was born in Yeniseysk Governorate.