Olga Blinova

Olga Iosifovna Blinova (Russian: О́льга Ио́сифовна Блино́ва; née Leytan; 7 November 1930 – 2 July 2020) was a Soviet and Russian linguist.

The daughter of Iosif Ignatievich Leytan (1890-1970), deputy director of the Omskaya Pravda publishing house, and Filiziya (or Felitsata) Vikentyevna Leytan (née Ludzish; 1898-1979), Blinova had three brothers. She graduated from the Tomsk State University, where she later served as a professor of Philology. Blinova died in Tomsk on 2 July 2020, aged 89. Provided by Wikipedia