Mikhail Mikhailovich Karpovich ( August 3, 1888 , Tiflis - November 7, 1959 , Cambridge , Massachusetts ) - Russian-American historian , one of the founders of American Russian studies .
| Mikhail Mikhailovich Karpovich | |
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| Date of Birth | August 3, 1888 |
| Place of Birth | Tiflis , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | November 7, 1959 (71 year) |
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| A country |  Russian empire  USA |
| Scientific field | Russian history |
| Place of work | Harvard University |
| Alma mater | Moscow University (1914) |
| supervisor | M. M. Bogoslovsky , V. O. Klyuchevsky |
| Famous students | Z. Brzezinski , M. Malia M.I. Raev , R. Pipes N.V. Ryazanovsky |
Biography
Born in Tiflis. Nephew historian A. E. Presnyakova . In his youth, he was fond of left ideas , during the revolution of 1905 he joined the Social Revolutionaries , for which he was arrested and expelled from the city. In 1907-1908, in Paris, he talked in a friendly manner with O. E. Mandelstam , in 1957 he wrote memoirs about him, where he reported on a number of the poet’s non-surviving poems (and quoted one line).
He graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University (1914), where V. Klyuchevsky still taught at that time.
In 1916, Karpovich was mobilized and sent to serve in the Ministry of War , where he was secretary of the Special Meeting on Defense .
In May 1917, Karpovich became the secretary of B. A. Bakhmetyev , who was appointed ambassador to the United States, and left for America. After the Russian embassy in Washington closed in 1924, Karpovich moved to New York, where he earned his living from the book trade, translations and lecturing.
In 1927, on the recommendation of M. I. Rostovtsev, he was invited to Harvard University , where he taught Russian history and literature. Under the direction of Karpovich, many future well-known Russianists defended their dissertations. He taught the course of Russian history at the future of US President John F. Kennedy .
Karpovich was a long-time editor of the New York New Journal and one of the founders and co-editors of The Russian Review .
He was buried in the cemetery of the Assumption Women's Novodiveevsky monastery in Nanuette, New York.
Proceedings
- Imperial Russia. New York: 1932.
- M.M. Karpovich. Lectures on intellectual history of Russia. XVIII - early XX century. - M .: “Russian way”, 2012, 352 p.
- My acquaintance with Mandelstam / Mikhail Karpovich // Memories of the Silver Age / comp. Vadim Kreyd.- M .: Republic, 1993.- with. 264–267.- ISBN 5-250-02030-5
- My acquaintance with Mandelstam // Osip Mandelstam and his time: Sat. of memories. - M .: Our house, 1995.
- “We live in a special atmosphere”: Letters from M. Karpovich to G. Vernadsky. 1909-1917 / Publ., Foreword., Comments. M. Yu. Sorokina and M. M. Gorinova-ml. // New magazine. 2014. No. 274. P. 92-156.
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 137642652 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
Literature
- M. Birman, M. M. M. Karpovich and New Journal // Domestic History . 1999. No. 5-6;
- Raev MM MM Karpovich and his “Comments” in the New Journal // Social and Human Sciences. Ser. 7. Literary criticism. 2001. No. 4;
- Bolkhovitinov N.N. Russian emigre scientists (G.V. Vernadsky, M.M. Karpovich, M.T. Florinsky) and the formation of Russian studies in the USA. M., 2005;
- Zeide A. Creating “a space of freedom”: MM Karpovich and Ab Imperio . 2007. № 1.
Links
- Mikhail Karpovich in the " Journal Hall "
- KARPOVICH MIKHAIL MIKHAILOVICH
- Radio Liberty's program about M. M. Karpovich in the cycle “Myths and Reputations” by Ivan Tolstoy (April 14, 2013)
- Karpovich Mikhail Mikhailovich on the site "Necropolis of the Russian Scientific Abroad"