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Vladimir Minorsky

1877 - 1966

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Vladimir Fyodorovich Minorsky (Russian: Владимир Фёдорович Минорский; 5 February [O.S. 24 February] 1877 – 25 March 1966) was a White Russian academic, historian, and scholar of Oriental studies, best known for his contributions to the study of history of Iran and the Iranian peoples such as Persians, Lurs, and Kurds in addition to the Kartvelian Laz people. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Minorsky is the 140th most popular historian (up from 144th in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from Russia (up from 694th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Vladimir Minorsky ranks 140 out of 561Before him are Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Barbara W. Tuchman, Timothy D. Snyder, Ibn Hibban, Heinrich von Treitschke, and William H. McNeill. After him are Hieronymus Wolf, Michael Attaleiates, Henry Thomas Buckle, Helmold, Matthew of Edessa, and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Vladimir Minorsky ranks 56Before him are Sadao Araki, Wilhelm Adam, Charles Rolls, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Isabelle Eberhardt, and Raymond Roussel. After him are Léon Flameng, Renée Vivien, Petar Kočić, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, and Edmond Locard. Among people deceased in 1966, Vladimir Minorsky ranks 62Before him are Sadao Araki, Demchugdongrub, Hendrik Verwoerd, Caterina Albert, Yasuji Okamura, and Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern. After him are Victor Brauner, Bai Chongxi, Georges Duhamel, Mir Sultan Khan, Elena Stasova, and Edward Gordon Craig.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Minorsky ranks 649 out of 3,761Before him are Olga Rubtsova (1909), Nikolay Gumilyov (1886), Valery Bryusov (1873), Alexandre Benois (1870), Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836), and Alexander Sokurov (1951). After him are Dmitry Muratov (1961), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Yaroslav of Tver (1230), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Viktor Hartmann (1834), and Sophia Perovskaya (1853).

Among HISTORIANS In Russia

Among historians born in Russia, Vladimir Minorsky ranks 4Before him are George Ostrogorsky (1902), Lev Gumilyov (1912), and Vasily Bartold (1869). After him are Alexander Kazhdan (1922), Vasily Klyuchevsky (1841), Alexander Vasiliev (1867), Jacob Theodor Klein (1685), Mikhail Pogodin (1800), Serhii Plokhy (1957), Léon Poliakov (1910), and Olena Apanovych (1919).