Vladimir Emmanuilovich Orël was a Russian linguist, professor, and etymologist.
Orel in Moscow, 1980
Albanology, also known as Albanian studies, is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the language, costume, literature, art, culture and history of Albanians. Within the studies the scientific methods of literature, linguistics, archeology, history and culture are used. However the Albanian language is the main point of research of the studies.
Albanian folk dance from Civita, Calabria, Italy
Austrian Theodor Ippen in Shkodër with traditional costume. (1900)
Robert Elsie was the foremost scholar of Albanian studies in the early 21st century.
The famous Hungarian paleontologist Baron Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás in Albanian uniform.