Qanate Kurdo

Qanate Kurdo, (Qanatê Kurdo, Кана́т Кала́шевич Курдо́ев; 12 September 1909 - 31 October 1985), was a Soviet philologist and professor of Kurdish language. He was born in Susuz in Russian Empire and developed Kurdish studies in various fields.

Biography
In 1928, he went to Saint Petersburg to continue his studies, where he attended the Language, history and literature department of University of Leningrad. He received his PhD in 1941. When World War II was reaching its end, Kurdo became part of the "Faculty of Oriental Studies in Leningrad where he taught Kurdish in the Department of Iranian Studies". In 1961, he became the head of the new Kurdology section of the faculty (Kurdskij Kabinet), "which Joseph Orbeli had established in 1959".