In honorful memory of Vladimir Nikolaevič Toporov a letter from his very kind, smart and graceful wife Tatjana Jakovlevna Elizarenkova

Abstract

The author gives an account of how he met Vyacheslav Ivanov and Vladimir Toporov and his wife, Tatyana Elizarenkova, during his studies in Moscow. Apart from that, his correspondence with Dr. Elizarenkova is attached. Dr. Eckert mentions his obituary of Dr. Toporov, which he had published in a journal for Slavic studies. Dr. Elizarenkova in her turn off ers him to collect some of her husband's works on etymology.