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Uspenskij, Teddoro

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Also known as: German: Theodor Uspensky; Fyodor Ivanovich Uspensky; Italian: Fedor Uspenskij

USPENSKIJ, TEDDORO. - Born at Nizhny Novgorod on 7 February 1845, died probably at Leningrad on 1 September 1928, one of the most authoritative Russian Byzantinists, founder and first director of the Russian Archaeological Institute of Istanbul.

He made journeys in Syria, Palestine and on Mount Athos and directed excavations in Bulgaria. From 1914 he was editor of the Byzantine Review (Vizantijski Vremenik). He left approximately 250 works in his specialty, among which stand out a History of the Byzantine Empire, a History of the Crusades and studies on the Empire of Trebizond, all in Russian. From 1917 he was president of the Archaeological Commission of the Academy of Sciences and in the years 1922-27 professor of Byzantinology at the University of Leningrad.

Bibliography

BIBL.: V. Beneševic, T. U. Essai de biographie, in L'art byzantin chez les Slaves, 2 (1933), pp. XI-XXVII.

Alberto M. Ammann

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 933.

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Ammann, Alberto Maria. “Uspenskij, teddoro.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 933. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/uspenskij-teddoro.

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Ammann, Alberto Maria. “Uspenskij, teddoro.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 933. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/uspenskij-teddoro.

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@incollection{ec12_uspenskij_teddoro,
  author    = {Ammann, Alberto Maria},
  title     = {Uspenskij, teddoro},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {933},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/uspenskij-teddoro}
}

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