Eugene Kosminsky
Eugene Kosminsky | |
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| Born | 2 November 1886  Warsaw (Russian Empire) |
| Died | 24 July 1959 (aged 72) Moscow |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
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| Occupation | Historian, medievalist and academic |
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| Awards | Stalin Prize (1942) Order of Lenin (1945, 1954) |
Eugene Alekseyevich Kosminsky (Russian: Евгений Алексеевич Косминский; November 2, 1886 – July 24, 1959) was a Soviet historian and medievalist, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (since 1946).[1][2] He was a professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (since 1919), first Head of the Department of History of the Middle Ages at MSU Faculty of History from 1934 to 1949.[3] Laureate of the 1942 Stalin Prize.[4]
Biography
[edit]His father was a teacher. Eugene A. Kosminsky enrolled at the University of Warsaw. Then he studied at the University of Moscow under Professors Matvei Lyubavsky, Dmitry Petrushevsky and Robert Wipper. Kosminsky graduated in 1910.[5][6]
From 1919 he was a professor at the Moscow State University.[3][7] From 1934 to 1949, Kosminsky headed the Department of History of the Middle Ages.[8] (During the war, A. I. Neusykhin was in his place.[9]) He was succeeded by Sergei Skazkin.[10]
From 1926 to 1935, he also served as Professor of the Institute of Red Professors. In 1936, he received the title of Doctor Nauk. Correspondent Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union since 1939.[11]
Evgeniya Gutnova was his student.
Alexander Kazhdan highly appreciated him.
References
[edit]- ^ "Косминский Евгений Алексеевич (1886, Варшава, Российская Империя - 1959, Москва) – историк - медиевист; академик АН СССР (1946) | Архивы Российской академии наук". arran.ru.
- ^ "Косминский Е.А. - Общая информация". www.ras.ru.
- ^ Jump up to: a b https://bigenc.ru/world_history/text/2101182
- ^ "Косминский Евгений Алексеевич". Archived from the original on 2015-12-27.
- ^ "Косминский Евгений Алексеевич | Летопись Московского университета". letopis.msu.ru.
- ^ "Академик Е. А. Косминский и вопросы интерпретации истории Средних веков в советской школе" (PDF). Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of the USSR – via vtoraya-literatura.com.
- ^ Е. В. Гутнова, Library BY (November 12, 2017). "ЕВГЕНИЙ АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧ КОСМИНСКИЙ (БИОГРАФИИ ЗНАМЕНИТЫХ ЛЮДЕЙ)". Library.BY.
- ^ Владимирович, Сашанов Владимир (June 12, 2015). "От группы к сектору: неизвестные страницы советского византиноведения (к публикации писем Е. А. Косминского З. В. Удальцовой)". Magistra Vitae: электронный журнал по историческим наукам и археологии. 24 (379): 210–214 – via cyberleninka.ru.
- ^ "Неусыхин Александр Иосифович | Проект «Исторические Материалы»". istmat.org.
- ^ http://ihst.ru/files/pdfs/2017_ws_ok.pdf
- ^ Шарова, Антонина Владимировна (November 12, 1994). "Евгений Алексеевич Косминский и советская историческая наука 1920-1950-х гг" – via cheloveknauka.com.
- 1886 births
- 1959 deaths
- Scientists from Warsaw
- Academicians of the RSFSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences
- Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
- Moscow State University alumni
- University of Warsaw alumni
- Recipients of the Stalin Prize
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian Byzantinists
- 20th-century Russian historians
- Russian historiographers
- Russian medievalists
- Soviet Byzantinists
- Soviet historians
- Soviet historiographers
- Soviet medievalists
- Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
- Academic staff of Moscow State University
- Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences