Nochum Shtif
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Nohum Shtif penname Baal Dimion ' onMouseout='HidePop("19677")' href="/topics/Kiev">Kiev
), Jewish linguist, publisher, translator and philologist of the Yiddish language.
In August 1925 he established the Jewish research institute YIVO
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Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
), Jewish linguist, publisher, translator and philologist of the Yiddish language.
In August 1925 he established the Jewish research institute YIVO
YIVO
YIVO, , established in 1925 in Wilno, Poland as the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut , or Yiddish Scientific Institute, is a source for orthography, lexicography, and other studies related to the Yiddish language...
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