[3] In 1883 he was appointed head of the Pyatigorsk gymnasium, later assistant trustee of the Caucasian educational district from Leipzig University.

For the publication of "Kabardian Grammar with a Dictionary",[4] for which the Academic Council of Leipzig University awarded him the title of doctor of philosophy and Master of Arts.

By this time his works: “Lectures on Caucasian Studies", "Introduction", "The connection of Caucasian languages with others" and his researches "Mstislav Tmutarakansky and Rededya according to the legend of the Circassians", Kabardian legend "Beauty Elena and the hero-woman",[2] "Talysh texts".

[3] Lev Lopatinsky was one of the founders and invariable head of the Caucasian Department of the Moscow Archaeological Society, which studied and systematized numerous information from the life of the Transcaucasian ethnic groups, the specifics of their languages and folklore heritage, he aldo was the editor of the "Collection of materials for describing localities" and "Turks, their language and literature", "Turkic folk literature", "Azerbaijani literature", "Nizami and his contemporaries".

In 1917, the Academy of Sciences of Russia awarded him the Baron Rosen medal for his work in the field of Oriental studies and archaeology.