Dmitri Tsvetkov

Dmitri Tsvetkov (Дмитрий Цветков) (30 August 1890 in Krakolye – 1930) was a Votic teacher and linguist.

From 1914 to 1916 he studied at St. Petersburg High School, and after that worked as Russian language teacher in Venkyul.

He also collected some ethnographic material about Votic customs and traditions.

His other works include a Cyrillic alphabet for Votic and a dictionary of the Krakolye dialect.

His grammar book was published in 2004, and is currently the only Votic language textbook in use.