Vladimir Kabo

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Rafailovich and the family name is Kabo.

Vladimir Kabo
Born	Moscow
Died	May 29, 2009  Canberra
Alma mater	MSU Faculty of History
Occupation	Anthropologist
Spouse(s)	Elena Govor
Awards	Order of the Red Star NN Miklukho-Maklay Prize (1978)
Website	http://aboriginals.narod.ru/, https://vladimirkabo.com/

Vladimir Rafailovich Kabo (Russian: Владимир Рафаилович Кабо; 1925, in Moscow – 2009, in Canberra) was a Soviet and Australian ethnographer with a special interest in the religion and culture of the Australian Aborigines and other prehistorical societies. He was a Doctor nauk in Historical Sciences (1970), and the author of seven books. From 1957 to 1990 he worked at the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography, Moscow.

Early life

His friend was Yuri Bregel, and their fathers were professors and co-authors. Kabo was a participant in the World War II on Eastern Front from 1944 and awarded the Order of the Red Star. He suffered from Stalin's repression, but in 1956 he was rehabilitated. He was influenced by the Orthodox priest John Krestiankin.

Education

Kabo graduated with honors from the MSU Faculty of History in 1956, and earned his Candidat degree in 1962. He was a student of Sergei Tokarev. He was also taught by Professors Nikolai Rubinshtein and Sergei Bakhrushin. In 1970, he defended his doctoral thesis (based on his first book), at Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography.

Work

In 1969 Kabo published his first book, «Происхождение и ранняя история аборигенов Австралии». From 1960 to 1990 he taught at the Saint Petersburg State University. He published in Etnograficheskoe Obozrenie. Lev Gumilev argued with him.

Personal life

He was a distant relative of Joel Engel. Kabo was married to Artyom Vesyoly granddaughter. Kabo was friends with Deborah Bird Rose and Kate Rigby.

Migration

In the summer of 1989 he and his wife emigrated to Australia.