Complex sentence: Spirin's work strongly influenced the study of CHinese culture in Russia; for example, according to A. Kobzev, Spirin's structural semiotic approach was intensively used by A.Karapetiantz.
Split into simpler sentences: Spirin's work strongly influenced the study of Chinese culture in Russia. For example, according to A. Kobzev, Spirin's structural semiotic approach was intensively used by A.Karapetiantz.