Aleksandr Dmitrievich Dulichenko (alternatively Alexander Duličenko; ) (born October 30, 1941 in Krasnodar

Krasnodar

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) is a Russian Esperantist

Esperantist

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 and linguist, and an expert in Slavic microlanguages

Slavic microlanguages

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. He carried also Kashubian

Kashubian language

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 studies. He is a professor at the University of Tartu

University of Tartu

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 in Estonia

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, where he is the head of the department of Slavic studies.

He is the editor of Interlinguistica Tartuensis, a journal on interlinguistics

Interlinguistics

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 published by the University of Tartu that published seven volumes from 1982 to 1990 recording the proceedings of colloquia at Tartu; in 2006, an eighth volume was published.
A festschrift

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 in Dulichenko's honor was organized in 2006; Humphrey Tonkin

Humphrey Tonkin

Humphrey R. Tonkin is professor of English, president emeritus of the University of Hartford in Connecticut, and a dedicated Esperantist. Born in Truro, UK, Tonkin is a dual citizen of the U.K. and the U.S. He earned his undergraduate degree from Cambridge University and his PhD from Harvard...

calls this volume a “particularly important addition to the literature” of interlingual and Esperanto studies.