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Michael Karpovich

Russian and American historian (1888–1959)
Person human Q1928124

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
August 3, 1888
Date of death
November 7, 1959
Place of birth
Tbilisi
Place of death
Cambridge
Country of citizenship
Russian Empire, Soviet Union, United States[7][8][9]
Occupation
historian
Employer
Harvard University[12]
Field of work
history, history of Russia[10][11]
Educated at
Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University[13]
Doctoral advisor
Mikhail Bogoslovsky[14]
Doctoral student
Richard Pipes, Martin Malia, Hans Rogger[22][23][24]
Described by source
Faces of Moscow[27]
Family name
Karpovich[25]
Given name
Mikhail[26]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[20]
Place of burial
Novo-Diveevo Russian Orthodox Cemetery[6]
Student
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Martin Malia, Marc Raeff, Richard Pipes, Nicholas V. Riasanovsky[15][16][17][18][19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Michael Karpovich en Mikhail Mikhailovich Karpovich en Mikhail Karpovich en Michael Michaelovich Karpov ar ميخائيل كاربوفيتش cs Michail Michajlovič Karpovič de Michail Michailowitsch Karpowitsch de Michail Karpowitsch de Karpovich fa کارپوویچ، میخائیل، ۱۸۸۸- ۱۹۵۹م. hu Mihail Karpovics it Mikhail Mikhailovich Karpovich ja ミハイル・カルポーヴィチ nl Михаил Михайлович Карпович ru Карпович Михаил Михайлович ru Карпович, Михаил Михайлович ru Михаил Карпович ru Михаил Михайлович Карпович sv Michael Michaelovich Karpov uk Карпович Михайло Михайлович
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000110236111
VIAF cluster ID
30784211
Library of Congress authority ID
n50044624
GND ID
137642652
Academic Tree ID
100160
Angelicum ID
32545
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/92216
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16829999b
DDB person (GND) ID
137642652
FAST ID
15382
Find a Grave memorial ID
104523858
Freebase ID
/m/0czc08z
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Geni.com profile ID
6000000125650644849
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2048727
IdRef ID
088468062
KBR person ID
14134971
Krugosvet article (archived)
literatura/karpovich-mihail-mihaylovich
Libraries Australia ID
35260414
NL CR AUT ID
js2005303640
NLA Trove people ID
886655
NLAI ID
1618178
NUKAT ID
n97035791
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000410759
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007275312305171
National Library of Latvia ID
000121340
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810653195005606
National Virtual Library of India ID
625k (466k–625k, n=3)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07226814X
Online Books Page author ID
Karpovich, Michael, 1888-1959
Open Library ID
OL2022793A
Parsifal cluster ID
60332
Persée author ID
39943
SNAC ARK ID
w6g73ppz
Unz Review author ID
KarpovichMichael
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV12088249
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/263224
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/428d78bb-57e1-4f36-b5ad-6b2013138b6e

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🔗 Connections
Student 5
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Richard Pipes, Martin Malia, Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, Marc Raeff
Students 4
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Martin Malia, Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, Marc Raeff
Country of citizenship 3
United States, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
Doctoral student 2
Richard Pipes, Martin Malia
Doctoral students 2
Richard Pipes, Martin Malia
Field of work 2
history, history of Russia
Employer 1
Harvard University
Given name 1
Mikhail
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Occupation 1
historian
Place of birth 1
Tbilisi
Place of death 1
Cambridge
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Michael Karpovich was born on August 3, 1888[1], in Tbilisi[2]. He died on November 7, 1959[3], in Cambridge[4]. He worked as a historian[5].

Why It Matters

Michael Karpovich's notable doctoral advisees include Richard Pipes[28], a historian[29], 1923–2018[30], of United States[31], awarded the National Humanities Medal[32], specialised in history[33] and Martin Malia[34], a historian[35], 1924–2004[36], of United States[37], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[38].

FAQs

Where was Michael Karpovich born?

Michael Karpovich was born in Tbilisi[2].

Where did Michael Karpovich die?

Michael Karpovich died in Cambridge[4].

What did Michael Karpovich do for work?

Michael Karpovich worked as a historian[5].

Where did Michael Karpovich go to school?

Michael Karpovich was educated at Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University[13].

Related Entities

Richard Pipes Russian Empire United States Zbigniew Brzezinski

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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