No. 4,111 in Russian
политолог
A political scientist.
In a sentence
Он работает политологом в университете.
He works as a political scientist at the university.
In this sentence, 'политолог' refers to the profession of being a political scientist.
На конференции выступал известный политолог.
A well-known political scientist spoke at the conference.
In this instance, 'политолог' identifies a person, specifically an expert in political science, present at the conference.
Студенты спросили политолога о его последних исследованиях.
The students asked the political scientist about his recent research.
Here, 'политолог' is used to describe an academic professional or expert to whom the students directed their questions.
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