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As World War II enveloped the Baltic states, Dmitry, a British citizen, was evacuated to Australia, where during the years of 1943 and 1944 he served in the Pacific fleet of the British Merchant Marine. It was during this time that he married his wife, Galina. During the final year of the war he served in the United States with the Office of War Information in New York City.
After the war, Dmitry entered Yale University from which he received, in 18481948, a Master’s degree in Linguistics and Comparative Literature. He continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania from which he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Slavic Studies in 1958. In 1958, he also graduated from the [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in New York. Before joining the faculty of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Dmitry taught Russian at the Army Language School in Monterey, California and at Columbia University in New York City.
In 1959, Dmitry joined the faculty of Georgetown University, teaching Russian language and literature, and becoming a professor in 1964. His literary speciality was [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] and his works. During the early 1960’s, he also taught Church History and Church Slavonic as a lecturer at St. Vladimir’s Seminary and was on the faulty when the seminary moved to Crestwood, New York in 1962. In 1989, he retired from Georgetown University.
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