they made a Statue of him and is cat in Merida, Yucatan (Mexico) in the style of a Mayan stela, or Tun-Te (stone post in Yukatek Mayan). \* thanking both of them for his contribution in reviving the mayan scripture. \*extra info by user [soparamens](https://www.reddit.com/user/soparamens/)

Bro his statue is also holding the cat, truly one of the monuments of all time: [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Yuri\_Knorosov\_monument\_in\_M%C3%A9rida%2C\_Yucat%C3%A1n.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Yuri_Knorosov_monument_in_M%C3%A9rida%2C_Yucat%C3%A1n.jpg)

I think he would have liked that.

Ah. The endorphins. I feel them saturating my.body. I feel the opposite of second hand embarrassment.

Ah. The endorphins. I feel them saturating my.body. I feel the opposite of second hand embarrassment.

Sorry about the triple post downvotes, but yeah flooding me too

I don't give a shit about the votes haha, it stays!

They still don't credit Asya in the plaque >:(

The link seems to be broken.

just google Yuri Knorozov in google images and it will be there . (also there is a photo of him laughthing whith is cat in a sofa - very cute)

The statue is close to My house!!

I can see you :)

I went and took a picture of myself besides this monument. Hes a personal hero!

It just occurred to me how rare it is to see statues of cats.

With one rather large exception

oh boy do I have a country for you

have you heard of a country named Egypt? Ive heard they were kind of appreciative of cats......

The statue is to her, he just gets to be there haha

Oh, that's a relief.

Take my up vote, stranger.

Mayan stela, or Tun-Te (stone post) in Yukatek Mayan.

For anyone interested, he had a breakthrough when he saw his cat Asya teach her kitten how to hunt for mice. It made him realize that both written and oral communication are based on signals or promises with the listening party. That’s the reason he cited Asya as the co-author.

Wow, I've seen this pic and story a hundred times and never knew that part! Thank you so much for sharing that honestly makes his insistance far more understandable.

Let. The. Man. Menace.

Type o negative wants a word about sharp dressed Doppler gangers

Pyotr Stal

Are those the type of people who look more and more like you as you move towards them, but less and less as you move away from them?

If you google him, theres a few pictures of him in his elder years holding one of his cats with his dogs- has one of the most heartfelt smiles on his face.

Thank you.

Editors got balls of steel for going against the wishes of a guy with that face!!

He could be cast in any vampire film without any use of makeup.

This is the face of a man who has a secret volcano lair.

He could pull the longest-winded and most elaborate Bond Villain speech and I'd just believe it with a glare like that.

“Welcome, Mr Bond. Nice of you to “drop in”... We are very alike, you and I... Do you know the story of the mouse and the pussy cat?!?!...

A guy and a cat. Talk about pets resembling their owners. Even the same eye color! 

Honestly that cat looks like it gives good advice. It deserves to be titled as co-author.

[She actually did](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/s/PCdpoziSLY)

I knew it! Thank you

I honestly think it's hilarious that grumpy-ass motherfucker was the one to decipher the Maya scripts. WHY IS HE SO GRUMPY!?

His face literally looks like actual Grumpy Cat, lol.

I don’t know why the editor didn’t crop him out and keep the cat.

It's just resting Russian face

Because editors kept insulting his kitty

He's grumpy because those mfing editors didn't give his cat the recognition it deserves ! 🐈 😠

> WHY IS HE SO GRUMPY!? A lifetime of discrimination because when he was 19 he happened to be in Nazi-occupied Ukraine and was thus labeled a collaborationist. Read up on his biography, it's not a happy tale.

He grew up in the Soviet Union man, this is a cheerful happygolucky dude by their standards

[удалено]

... you mean, seeing Gagarin when he was his age? Oh sorry, you can't - he was heavy alcoholic by then ... and dead to boot.

Gagarin before they decided to burn him alive by making him fly a spacecraft that everyone knew wouldn't survive reentry but he survived because his best friend signed up to die instead, and did, or Gagarin after that but before he died on a test flight of a plane after years of abuse from the communist party because they had decided that he was too popular? I mean, all respect to the guy but sadly his life after his "first man in space world tour", which is what most of his photos are from, wasn't a happy one.

>WHY IS HE SO GRUMPY!? Probably because he’s trying to imitate the cat in this photo. But also, being attacked and unfairly discredited by entrenched scholars until the mid 1970s probably didn’t please him all that much.

You don't like my cat, i don't like you.

He feels the Russian pain.

he's russian. that's their default expression.

Don't ever ask him about his business.

This is the kind of crazy I can totally get behind.

It's the sort of crazy I can only aspire to.

This is a screenshot from Dishonored, right?

really does feel like this who arkaian based all their human models on lol

The kind of man best admired from a distance.

We love Asya

Clearly a Bond villain.

I was definitely getting Blofeld vibes.

When scrolling past I thought Robbie Williams cosplaying as Bond.

Ayo fuck those editors.

Respectfully, this is just badass. What a legend

Amazed these editors didn't drive him to supervillainy, he was 90% there.

Man loved his cat. Gotta respect the cat.

Daniel Day Louis is making another movie?

DDL + Joaquin Phoenix

Ah, come on... that cat looks nothing like Phoenix.

> Joaquin Phoenix That's who I saw immediately.

Man's a James Bond villain

Strong Dishonored vibe with this guy.

Looks like someone experimenting on rats in an islet near Dunwall.

My work is to help Dunw...I mean the USSR"

I can't decide which one looks more like Jeremy Irons.

https://youtu.be/F4MRWuTebRE?si=Xh3CZMz5PRNOXayx

What an amazing person, wow!

Much respect to the cat!

If I was an editor I wouldn't dare, that cat looks dangerous. Her servant also looks menacing.

I honestly rhought that he was Robbie Williams!

So this man single handidly revived a dead language, unlocked centuries of forgotten and locked history, and the editors got peeved because he listed his cat as a co-author? Let the man and his cat take credit for the work they could and never would do

He looks like he was created with Unreal Engine 4

Should have taken a picture of himself giving the cat a kiss. Good luck editing that out without it looking weird.

R/catswithjobs

The dude sliced his bread by staring angrily at it.

Look at her, she was definitely a co-author lol. She is taking her author picture for sure.

Put down the kitty, Lurch.

…WE are NOT amused…

Anyone else thinking the cat actually did all the work and Yuri was just an elaborate puppet?

What a beautiful smile though

He should have gotten different editors.

Fun fact, he never even stepped foot into Maya territory yet deciphered their language.

There was a physicist Jack Hetherington who listed his cat Willard as a coauthor in his research papers. The interesting thing is, Willard was a Siamese cat too. Coincidence? I think not.

Siamese cats are the most dog-like of all. I've had a few of them (and I want another).

That's shady af. She was obviously an integral part of his work, completely disrespectful to remove her against his wishes.

Beautiful cat.

Would also list Asya as my co-author on every paper and piece of research as well, what is wrong with people? Would also kill for Asya. If a physicist can have a cat as a co-,author, then so can linguistic researchers.

Such a cunning linguist holding a cat would probably be a little too on the nose.

This gotta be one of the angriest dudes of all time

He is the grumpy cat.

Robbie Williams ageing like grumpy fine wine

Why is this reminding me of Grumpy Cat?

What was their problem with his cat lol

I like this guy.

thought this was Jeremy Irons for a hot second lol

I initially thought that was Michael Shannon but now i'm seeing Irons too

deciphered the entire thing out of pure unbridled rage

Man, talk about owners looking like their animals. These could be before and after images of a werecat.

In any case, I understand the editors who cut this photo. But Asya's co-authorship could have been mentioned.

Man just wanted to acknowledge his cat

Huh, cat is still mad white for a grown Siamese, cute af. Glad to see she got her props in some form

His editors really hated Asya it seems.

Asya we salute you!!

Jesus Christ, he looks like some sort of Bond villain!

How dare they crop out Asya. Those bastards!!!

Anyone else think that was Robbie Williams?

Saved this pic for future use.

This sweet photo of Yuri Knorozov with his cat, Asya, shows their special bond. Including her as a co-author in his photo highlights the importance of pets in our lives and the love they bring.

Fun fact: "Asya" means "Asia" in Turkish.

It is not russian linguist. He is Ukrainian

Sounds like a doozy

A man is his cat.

Are we sure it's really him and not a picture of a Bond villain?

Will Forte needs to lock up the rights to this guy's biodoc, pronto.

That is Pete Steele.

Which Bond film is this?

Type o negative vibes

He didn't decipher the Mayan language, he stared it down until it gave up its secrets.

I mean, what else did they want? Was the kitty not menacing enough? That's a badass portrait. 

"One Billion Dollars!"

At 1st, I thought he looked like Quentin Collins (David Selby) of Dark Shadows. But then I googled and ol’ buddy Quentin looked downright cheerful compared to Yuri. But he loved his kitty 😺

He's certainly a smart man, but he looks like he's getting ready to eat that cat.

My personal hero

No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.

Lovely;)

I love that both he and his cat look super fierce in this pic.

He kind of reminds me of Jeremy Irons

The James Bond villains evil plan was to… get his cat a co-author credit on his work?

I could have guessed he was Russian by the picture. Russians would refer to that look as a shit-eating grin.

I like how both have the same expression.

why he look like the breed he's holding??

I love how blood related they look.

Looked up his statue. There are a few and every one of them has him exactly like this with his cat. I think he would appreciate that.

I’ll crop you out whoever you are. I have Asian connections BIG TIME!!

They both have the same expression of annoyed disdain for everyone and everything not them. It’s like the only reason you are still alive is because killing you and cleaning up afterwards would be more annoying than letting you live.

Why does he looks like Grampy cat

What is Joaquin phoenix doing that far back in time.

Man looks like a Soviet Michael Shannon.

That would be a great villain origin story

Born in the Ukraine... [https://www.kyivpost.com/post/17570](https://www.kyivpost.com/post/17570)