Maslenikov, Oleg A.

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  • November 29, 1907: Born, Vladivostok, Siberia
  • 1920: Arrived United States
  • 1921 - 1924 : Attended Hollywood High School
  • November 12, 1926: Became United States citizen
  • September 1930: Entered the University of California, Los Angeles
  • Fall 1932: Transferred to the University of California, Berkeley
  • 1933 - 1935 : President, Slavic Society
  • Spring 1934: Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
  • December 1934: Graduated with honors, Department of Slavic Languages
  • 1935 - 1936 : Postgraduate studies at Universita Karlova (Prague), as Exchange Fellow of Institute of International Education
  • Fall 1936: Appointed Alternate Teaching Assistant in Department of History Enrolled in the Graduate Division of UCB in Slavic Department
  • 1936 - 1938 : President, Dobro Slovo, National Slavic Honor Society
  • September 1937: Married Emily Lociga
  • February 1938: Passed oral Ph.D. exam
  • 1939 - 1942 : Lecturer in Russian
  • April 1941: Oleg Robert (son) born
  • August 1942: Final exam for Ph.D.; dissertation topic: The Young Andrei Bely and the Symbolist Movement in Russia, 1901-1909
  • September 1942: Instructor in Russian and Teaching Assistant in History
  • 1942 - 1944 : Investigation of Russian Fishing Practices in Alaska (Alaskan Fishery Hearings)
  • 1944 - 1972 : Association of American Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (Member, Elective Council, 1945-1947; President of California chapter, 1945-1948; First Vice-President, 1947-1948; President, 1948-1950)
  • 1944 - 1952 : 1966 - 1967 : Chairman, Department of Slavic Languages
  • 1945 - 1947 : Executive Council, Phi Beta Kappa
  • 1947: Chairman, Slavic Section, Modern Language Association
  • 1950: Published An Historical Chrestomathy of the Russian Language
  • 1951: Visiting Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
  • 1952: Published Frenzied Poets, Andrey Biely and the Russian Symbolists
  • 1953 - 1955 : 1956 - 1957 : Acting Director (summers), Institute of Slavic Studies
  • 1960 - 1967 : Visiting Lecturer, Russian Language Institute, Dartmouth College
  • 1961: Published Anthology of Russian Symbolist Poetry
  • January 10, 1972: Died in Berkeley, California
  • November 1972: Lyrics From the Russian: Symbolists and Others published posthumously

From the guide to the Oleg A. Maslenikov Papers, 1929-1977, (The Bancroft Library.)

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