USPENSKIJ, TEDDORO. — Born in Nižnij-Novgorod on 7 February 1845, died probably in Leningrad on 1 September 1928, one of the most authoritative Russian Byzantinists, founder and first director of the Russian Archaeological Institute in Istanbul.
He undertook journeys in Syria, Palestine, and on Mount Athos, and directed excavations in Bulgaria. From 1914 he was editor of the Byzantine journal (Vizantijski Vremenik). He left approximately 250 works in his field, among which stand out a Storia dell'Impero bizantino, a Storia delle Crociate, 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 he was professor of Byzantine studies at the University of Leningrad.
Alberto M. Ammann