Eugene Kosminsky

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]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Alekseyevich and the family name is Kosminsky.
Eugene Kosminsky
Born2 November 1886 Edit this on Wikidata
Warsaw (Russian Empire) Edit this on Wikidata
Died24 July 1959 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 72)
Moscow Edit this on Wikidata
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
  • Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationHistorian, medievalist and academic
Employer
AwardsStalin Prize (1942)
Order of Lenin (1945, 1954)

Biography

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
  1. "Косминский Евгений Алексеевич (1886, Варшава, Российская Империя - 1959, Москва) – историк - медиевист; академик АН СССР (1946) | Архивы Российской академии наук". arran.ru.
  2. "Косминский Е.А. - Общая информация". www.ras.ru.
  3. https://bigenc.ru/world_history/text/2101182
  4. "Косминский Евгений Алексеевич". Archived from the original on 2015-12-27.
  5. "Косминский Евгений Алексеевич | Летопись Московского университета". letopis.msu.ru.
  6. "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.
  7. Е. В. Гутнова, Library BY (November 12, 2017). "ЕВГЕНИЙ АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧ КОСМИНСКИЙ (БИОГРАФИИ ЗНАМЕНИТЫХ ЛЮДЕЙ)". Library.BY – via library.by.
  8. 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.
  9. "Неусыхин Александр Иосифович | Проект «Исторические Материалы»". istmat.org.
  10. http://ihst.ru/files/pdfs/2017_ws_ok.pdf
  11. Шарова, Антонина Владимировна (November 12, 1994). "Евгений Алексеевич Косминский и советская историческая наука 1920-1950-х гг" – via cheloveknauka.com.
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