Aza Takho-Godi
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Aza Takho-Godi | |
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| Аза Тахо-Годи | |
| Born | 26 October 1922 Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR |
| Died | 8 September 2025 (aged 102) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Pedagogical University |
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Aza Alibekovna Takho-Godi (Russian: Аза Алибековна Тахо-Годи; 26 October 1922 – 8 September 2025) was a Soviet and Russian philologist.[1]
Takho-Godi graduated from the Philological Faculty of Moscow State Pedagogical University in 1944.[1] She defended her dissertation, titled «Поэтические тропы Гомера и их социальный смысл», at Lomonosov Moscow State University.[2] She lectured at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv from 1948 to 1949, then worked as an associate professor at Moscow Regional Pedagogical Institute from 1949 to 1957.[1] Beginning in 1958, she worked at Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 1959, she defended her doctoral dissertation at the Gorky Institute of World Literature. Her thesis was called «Античность и русские революционные демократы в связи с предшествующей им лит.-эстетической традицией».[2]
In 1965, she received the title of Professor.[1] From 1962 to 1996, she headed the Department of Classical Philology at Lomonosov Moscow State University.[3] Under her editorship, the complete works of Plato in Russian were published (1990–1994). She supervised the publication of Aleksei Losev's works, and also organized the Library-Museum "A.F. Losev House". Her bibliography from 1952 to 2023 includes around 1,000 items. Her book "Life and Destiny: Memories" has been reprinted twice (2009; 2023).
Takho-Godi turned 100 in October 2022, for which she was awarded the Order of Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow.[4] She died on 8 September 2025, at the age of 102.[5]
