
Soviet literary scholar
Vadim Rak (* 5. October 1931 in Saint Petersburg; † 12. October 2019 in Saint Petersburg) was a soviet literary scholar. He was 88 years old. He studied at Faculty of Philology of Saint Petersburg State University. He worked at National Library of Russia, Institute of Industrial Management, Economics and Trade and Pushkin House. He was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords.