Juri Lotman was born in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) to a family of Jewish Russian …
Juri Lotman studied at St. Petri-Schules (1930–1939). Lotman’s parents tried their best to give their …
Juri Lotman graduated from Petrischule with a gold medal (first-class honours).
Lotman was admitted to the Faculty of Philology at Leningrad State University without having to …
While Lotman was in his second year of university, he was called to serve in …
After the war, Lotman completed another year and a half of mandatory service in the …
Lotman returned to Leningrad and resumed his studies at the university.
The publication of Lotman’s very first scholarly article “Kratkie nastavlenia russkim rytsariam” M. A. Dmitrieva-Mamonova: …
