244 Se guey Shelo , La issa Mane ko | Vladimi Moisseye i ch Lei chik
| (06-11-1928 – 23-07-2013)
Vladimi Moisseye i ch Lei chik
(06-11-1928 – 23-07-2013)
The Russian linguis ic science los a well-known specialis in philo-
logy, lexicology and e minological science — Vladimi Moisseye i ch
Lei chik, who passed away on 23 July, 2013.
I ’s di icul o w i e abou him in he pas , because he is among us —
his colleagues, s uden s, scien is s and eache s.
Vladimi Moisseye ch Lei chik was a b illian s uden , who g adua ed
om he Depa men o Romanic languages a Lomonosso Moscow S a e
Uni e si y. He was a b oad-minded pe son in e es ed in cul u al s udies,
cogni i e linguis ics, e minology science and he heo y o languages o
special pu poses. Being a eal philologis on his pa h he go acquain ed
wi h many new sides o philological endea o : he augh F ench and
Russian, wo ked as an in e p e e , ead cou ses in linguis ic his o y,
Russian cul u e and ounda ions o e minology s udies.
The echnical ansla ion b ough him o he main s eam o his whole
li e, o which he de o ed mo e han 50 yea s – hese a e in es iga ions
and p ac ical wo k wi h scien i ic and e minological da a. Thanks o him
his domain o linguis ic and lexicological knowledge became a sepa a e
scien i ic discipline. I is necessa y o admi ha he was he leading Russian
expe in p ac ical and heo e ical issues o e minology, who c ea ed an
o iginal concep ion o his scien i ic sphe e. The key idea o his heo e ical
me a-language was he unde s anding o he e m as a complex language
uni o special pu poses based on h ee laye s including a na u al language
subs a um, logical subs a um and a pu ely e minological na u e o he
lexeme. All hese laye s a e e ealed in o mal, con en and unc ional
s uc u e o a e m.
The heo y o Vladimi Lei chik is an answe o many issues o mode n
e minology. They ouch he na u e o e minology as a science, i s
heo e ical and applied subdi isions, he di e ence be ween e minology
and e minological sys ems, e minology and nomencla u e, he o ma ion
and usage o e minological me hods, basic p inciples o he no ma i e
wo k wi h scien i ic and e minological lexicon, and o he s. The book by
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Lei chik Te minology: i s subjec , me hods and s uc u e epublished many
imes became a classical schola ly wo k desc ibing he e minological
sphe e. I ’s di icul o ind a mode n scien i ic pape , in which he su name
o Lei chik is no men ioned o his monog aph is no ci ed.
Vladimi Lei chik showed he pa h o g ea science o many young
esea che s being a scien i ic ad iso , o icial opponen a disse a ion
de ense, o a e iewe o hei esea ch pape s. We wan o ma k his
pa icipa ion in he scien i ic p epa a ion o specialis s no only om Moscow,
bu also om a ious pa s o Russia. Among his s uden s (and now hey a e
Doc o s o Philology and ull p o esso s) he e a e schola s om K asnoya sk,
Nijniy No go od, Pe m, Pya igo sk, Sa a o , Tjumen and o he ci ies.
He made e e y e o o popula ize science. One o he mos no able
popula science books de o ed o lexicology and e minology is called
People and wo ds (Люди и слова). This olume can be ecommended o
pupils o senio classes a school and uni e si y s uden s o ge acquain ed
wi h lexical p oblems o echnical and p o essional cha ac e . We should
say ha he was a unique pe son, who s ood o he p es ige o So ie and
la e Russian science ab oad. He ook an ac i e pa in he p epa a ion
and publica ion o a icles o Russian and Uk ainian au ho s in English
and Ge man, i appea ed as Russian e minology science (1992–2002) in
Vienna in 2004. This collec ion o wo ks ep esen s Russian and Uk anian
e minology science o a g ea ex en .
Vladimi Lei chik was a ull membe o Russian Academy o Na u al
Sciences (РАЕН) and was awa ded by in e na ional and Russian o ganiza ions.
He ook pa in a numbe o Russian and in e na ional con e ences. His
name is known no only in Russia, bu a away i s bo de s.
His ull li e ended, bu a scien i ic immo ali y begins: his pape s, scien i ic
ideas and esul s will s ay wi h us o e e .
Gau a 2013-11-06
Se guey Shelo
D . o Sciences in Philology, Leading Resea che , Head o Te minology Cen e,
Ins i u e o Russian Language, Russian Academy o Sciences
La issa Mane ko
D . o Sciences in Philology, Full P o esso , Head o Chai o he Theo y
and P ac ice o he English language a he Depa men o High School
o T ansla ion and In e p e a ion a Lomonosso Moscow S a e Uni e si y