Georgi Kapchits Born 2.10.1939. In 1967 graduated from the Institute of Asian and African
Studies of Moscow State University. Qualified as a linguist in the field of Amharic and
Somali studies. From 1967 to 1994 worked as a broadcaster in the Somali Section of Radio
Moscow?s World Service. Since 1994 has been working as a commentator at the
Information Department of the State Radio Company ?Voice of Russia?. Lectured on the
Somali language at the Universities of Moscow and Berlin. Twice visited Somalia:
Mogadisho in 1989 and Hargeisa in 2001. Visited Jibouti in 2003. In 2000 defended PhD
thesis on the Somali syntax.
Studies of Moscow State University. Qualified as a linguist in the field of Amharic and
Somali studies. From 1967 to 1994 worked as a broadcaster in the Somali Section of Radio
Moscow?s World Service. Since 1994 has been working as a commentator at the
Information Department of the State Radio Company ?Voice of Russia?. Lectured on the
Somali language at the Universities of Moscow and Berlin. Twice visited Somalia:
Mogadisho in 1989 and Hargeisa in 2001. Visited Jibouti in 2003. In 2000 defended PhD
thesis on the Somali syntax.
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