Vasily Vasilievich Struve was a Soviet orientalist from the Struve family, the founder of the Soviet scientific school of researchers on Ancient Near East history. Wikipedia
Born: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: September 15, 1965, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Parents: Vasilij Berngardovic Struve
Academic advisors: Boris Turayev, Michael Rostovtzeff, and Pavel Kokovtsov
Notable students: Boris Piotrovsky, Lev Gumilev, Mikhail Shakhnovich, and more
Education: Université Herzen