====== Alexandre Nemirovsky ====== Alexandre Arkadievich Nemirovsky (Александр Аркадьевич Немировский, born in 1968) is Russian historian, orientalist, poet and political blogger. He specializes in ancient history of Near East. In relation to the Black Speech he is mostly known for his [[hurrian_hypothesis|hypothesis]] that Black Speech was based on ancient [[wp>Hurrian_language|Hurrian]] language ([[https://www.wirade.ru/arda/arda_ring_spell_and_black_speech.html|Russian source]] of article). Another interesting serious article is the large collection of Tolkien's cites related to orcs. [[https://www.wirade.ru/arda/arda_all_about_orcs.html|Check]]. Introduction is in Russian, but cites themselves are from English originals. ===== Links ===== * [[https://www.wirade.ru/arda/|Arda-related essays of A. Nemirovsky's site]] (in Russian, [[http://web.archive.org/web/20190327145916/https://www.wirade.ru/|Archive]]). Please note, that many articles are comic. * [[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/orkish.htm|Orkish and the Black Speech at Ardalambion]]. See "APPENDIX: Was the Black Speech based on Hittite/Hurrian?". * [[ring-verse|The One Ring inscription]]