Alexandra Grigorievna Shirokova is a world-renowned linguistics specialist. Doctor of Philology, writer, Honored Professor of Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov. She studied the formation of the Czech language, the interaction of the Czech and Russian languages, and also wrote many scientific and educational works.
Biography of Alexandra Shirokova
Shirokova Alexandra Grigorievna was born in Moscow in 1918 in the family of an employee. Parents were able to instill in the girl a love of literature from an early age. Sasha read a lot, knew various works of not only Russian, but also foreign authors. Her passion also determined her future destiny. In 1937, Alexandra received a complete secondary education and entered the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute at the literary faculty. After graduating from the university, Alexandra continues her education in graduate school. The girl seriously thought about connecting her life with science.
In 1943, a young specialist Alexandra Shirokova began working at the Department of Slavic Philology at Moscow State University. Her scientific research is the study of the Czech and Slavic languages. The information received at the department and the results of the research become the basis for the candidate's and then doctoral dissertation of Alexandra Shirokova. In the 1970s, her career went up rapidly. Alexandra Grigorievna becomes an associate professor, and a couple of years later - a professor at Moscow State University, as well as the head of the department of Slavic philology.
Activities of Alexandra Shirokova
Alexandra Grigorievna's scientific research was based on a comprehensive study of the Czech language. She examined his grammar, dialects, studied the roots and bases of Czech words. Professor Shirokova has written many works on Czech linguistics. Among them, the most significant are "Essays on the grammar of the Czech language", the textbook "Czech language" and others. Such work required her frequent presence in the Czech Republic. She attended Charles University in Prague several times. For her work, Alexandra Grigorievna was awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of the University of Prague.
Professor Shirokova studied the emergence of the Czech literary language, considered all its forms in comparison with the Russian dialect. She wrote and published many scientific and educational works on the study of Czechoslovak linguistics. She was engaged in teaching Czech literature and linguistics, which allowed her to receive honorary guests from foreign universities in her department. She not only shared her knowledge and experience with foreign scientists, but also invited them to give lectures at the university.
In 1990, Shirokova was able to implement a project to popularize the Czech language in the USSR. She wrote a comparative Czech-Russian grammar for students of the Russian branches of Soviet universities. While working at the Department of Slavic Philology, Alexandra Grigorievna collaborated with the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. For several years she was on the staff of the institute.
Alexandra Grigorievna has published many books, which are currently textbooks and teaching aids for students.
