Alexander Shishkov

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Alexander Semyonovich Shishkov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Шишков) (March 9(20), 1754 - April 9(21), 1841, Petersburg) was a Russian statesman, writer, and admiral.

Shishkov was the President of the Russian Academy and People's Education Minister.^[1] "He was one of the first fighters against the foreign words' domination of the Russian language."^[1] "Shishkov published The Trilingual Naval Dictionary, Russia's first dictionary of Russian and foreign naval terms."^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b c} MARCH 20: THIS DAY IN HISTORY. RIA Novosti. March 20, 2004

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