Viktor Markovich Zhivov

[Olga Meerson]

Вечная память +


On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Eric NAIMAN <naiman at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Dear Friends --
>   Our colleague, mentor and friend, Professor Viktor Markovich Zhivov died
> this morning at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley.  There will be a panikhida
> (prayers for the departed) this afternoon at 5:30 at St. John the Baptist
> church (1900 Essex St. (http://oca.org/parishes/oca-we-bersjb).The burial
> service will be at the same location Friday morning at 11
>
>
>    Viktor was a remarkable man, warm, caring, learned, highly
> distinguished within the academy in Russia, Europe and the US, deeply
> knowledgeable about his area of specialization and profoundly curious about
> all that was outside of it.  We loved him for his intelligence, humor and
> empathy.  He will be missed terribly, both at Berkeley and in the larger
> intellectual community of Slavic Studies.
>
> more details will follow, for now please join me in extending our love to
> his family, who will be gathering in Berkeley during the next days.
>
> with best wishes to all,
>
> Eric
>
> Eric Naiman
> Acting Chair, Department of Slavic Languages
> University of California, Berkeley 94720-2979
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