13 Facts About Semyon Novgorodov

Semyon Andreyevich Novgorodov was a Yakut politician and linguist, the creator of a Yakut written language.

Semyon Andreyevich Novgorodov was born in the 2nd Khatlinsky nasleg of Boturus Ulus.

Semyon Novgorodov's father was poor, but later acquired some wealth.

Semyon Novgorodov taught his son to read Old Church Slavonic.

In December 1913 Semyon Novgorodov participated in the All-Russian Congress of Popular Teachers, where he presented a paper about teaching in the national languages of indigenous peoples and the necessity of schoolbooks in the Yakut language.

Semyon Novgorodov argued for the adoption of this alphabet to the Yakut language.

Semyon Novgorodov participated in many meetings and was even elected to the Public Security Committee of Yakutsk.

In September 1919 Semyon Novgorodov reached Yakutsk and joined the Saqa aymaq cultural society.

Semyon Novgorodov became the head of the Yakutsk Oblast Exploring Department, the head of its linguistic section, a participant of expeditions to the eastern uluses of Yakutia, a lecturer of propagandist and pedagogy courses, a head of the committee for Yakut schoolbooks.

In 1922 Novgorodov graduated the university and along with M K Ammosov represented Yakutia in Narkomnats.

Semyon Novgorodov participated in the commission for delimitation of Yakutia's borders.

Also Semyon Novgorodov was a deputy of IX Congress of the Soviets, elected by Yakutsk Governorate Congress of the Revolutionary Committee.

Semyon Novgorodov died of uraemia in the prime of his life at February 28,1924.