Carl Hermann Salemann (Russian: Карл Германович Залеман, Karl Germanovitsh Zaleman; 9 January 1850 [O.S.

[1] He studied at Oriental Faculty [ru] of Saint Petersburg Imperial University, Arabic-Persian-Turkish and the Sanskrit-Persian sections, in 1867–1871.

[1] He defended a thesis on the quatrains of Khaqani and obtained master's degree on Persion literature in 1875.

[1] Since 1876 till his death Salemann taught Zend and Middle Persian literature on Oriental Faculty.

[3] In this position he collected manuscripts and books and published descriptions of newly acquired items, as well as prepared catalogues of the museum.