Eugene Kosminsky
Eugene Kosminsky | |
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| Born | 2 November 1886 |
| Died | 24 July 1959 (aged 72) |
| 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). 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. Laureate of the 1942 Stalin Prize.