Emma Arkhangelskaya

Emma Arkhangelsky (20th of March 1951, Russian SFSR) – a linguist, doctor of philology.

She was born on 20 March 1951 in Russia. In 1974 Emma Arkhangelsky graduated from the faculty of history and philology of Tartu State University with distinction and began to work at the Latvian State University. In 1983 Emma Arkhangelsky defended her thesis and received a candidate degree in philology at Moscow Pedagogical Institute on the history of the Russian language of the XI-XVII centuries. In 1992 she was elected assistant professor of the Department of  Russian language of the University of Latvia and read the courses in linguistics, grammar and sociolinguistics.

Emma Arkhangelsky did a lot of research in the field of linguistics, was the author of numerous scientific articles and textbooks. She was taking part in international scientific conferences where presented reports and did editorial work. After leaving the University of Latvia she became director of professional bachelor's program "Written and Oral Translation" at the Baltic International Academy. This institution has become the training center for the teachers of Russian as a foreign language.

Inna Bergman