Konstantin Bogdanov: key obituary facts
Is Konstantin Bogdanov dead? Yes. Konstantin Bogdanov died on March 1, 2026, at age 62.
Cause of death: Konstantin Bogdanov's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Konstantin Bogdanov known for?
Konstantin Bogdanov was a Russian anthropologist and philologist.
Konstantin Bogdanov, a Russian anthropologist and philologist, died on March 1, 2026.
He was born on March 30, 1963, in Leningrad, USSR, later Saint Petersburg, Russia. Bogdanov studied classical philology and Russian language and literature at Saint Petersburg State University.
He became a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, completed his PhD in 1992 with a dissertation on magic spelling in Russian folklore, and that same year became a leading researcher at the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences. His work focused on Russian culture, including folklore, rhetoric, the history of science and humanities, and the history of social thought in 18th- to 20th-century Russia.
Konstantin Anatolevich Bogdanov (Russian: Константин Анатольевич Богданов; 30 March 1963 – 21 February 2026) was a Russian anthropologist and philologist whose areas of investigation covered Russian culture, including folklore, rhetoric, and the history of science and humanities. He also researched the history of social thought in 18th–20th-century Russia.