VERNADSKY, GEORGE

vĕrnätˈskē, 1887–1973, American historian, b. Russia. He emigrated to the United States in 1927 and was research associate in history (1927–46) and professor of Russian history (1946–56) at Yale. His many books on Russian and Ukrainian history include Political and Diplomatic History of Russia (1936) and a five-volume work, A History of Russia (1943–69). The first two volumes were written with Michael Karpovich.

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The Origins of Russia
Book by George Vernadsky; Clarendon Press, 1959
Subjects: Russia--History--To 1533
...THE ORIGINS OF RUSSIA BY GEORGE VERNADSKY OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS...1 On the Brodniki see G. Vernadsky, Kievan Russia New Haven...respect. 2 See G. Vernadsky, "Note on the Origin of the...
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Lenin: Red Dictator
Book by George Vernadsky, Malcolm Waters Davis; Yale University Press, 1931
Subjects: Communism--Soviet Union, Lenin, Vladimir Ilich--1870-1924, Russia--Politics and government--1894-1917, Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936
...Crowd LENIN RED DICTATOR BY GEORGE VERNADSKY RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN HISTORY...Petersburg there appeared a priest, George Gapon. Under his direction there...Petersburg, headed by the priest, George Gapon. Gapon was the son of a...
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The White Armies of Russia: A Chronicle of Counter-Revolution and Allied Intervention
Book by George Stewart; Macmillan, 1933
Subjects: Dal?Nevostochnaeiia Respublika, Siberia (Russia)--History, Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921
...Counter-Revolution and Allied Intervention By GEORGE STEWART NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY...let the events speak for themselves! GEORGE STEWART. CONTENTS...God will give you his blessing and St. George the Victorious will help you to triumph...
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The Basis of Soviet Strength
Book by George B. Cressey; Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1945
Subjects: Natural Resources--Soviet Union, Physical Geography--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Economic Conditions--1917-1945
...Union by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka. GEORGE B. CRESSEY Syracuse University...middle of the nineteenth century, Vernadsky 1 placed the center of population...1 VERNADSKY GEORGE, "The Expansion of Russia...
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Early Mongol Rule in Thirteenth Century Iran: A Persian Renaissance
Book by George Lane; Routledge Curzon, 2003
...the Il-Khanate as a whole while Lambton has looked at this period in comparison with the earlier influx of nomadic groups. Vernadsky, Halperin and Fennell have all considered Hulegus kingdom from the point of view of Russia and the Golden Horde. These studies...
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journal articles on: Vernadsky George  - 11 results

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Yamato-Takeru: An 'Arthurian' Hero in Japanese Tradition
Journal article by C. Scott Littleton; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 54, 1995
Subjects: Arthur, King of the Britons--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Central Asia--Folklore, legends, etc., Folklore--Structural analysis, Heroes--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Iran--Folklore, legends, etc., Japan--Folklore, legends, etc., Yamato-takeru (Japanese mythology)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...North Ossetia. London: Lawrence and Wishart. SULIMIRSKI, Tadeusz 1970 The Sarmatians. New York: McGraw-Hill. VERNADSKY, George 1943 Ancient Russia. New Haven: Yale University Press. YOSHIDA Atsuhiko 1962 La mythologie japonaise: Essai dinterpretation...
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An Examination of Historians' Explanations for the Mongol Withdrawal from East Central Europe
Journal article by Greg S. Rogers; East European Quarterly, Vol. 30, 1996
Subjects: Eastern Europe--13th century AD, Mongols--History, Thirteenth century--Military aspects, War--13th century AD, Wars--13th century AD
...about exploratory raids.(12) George Vernadsky, in outlining the general goals...political" theory, such as George Vernadsky, explain the Mongol withdrawal...immediate interest in Poland." George Vernadsky, The Mongols and Russia (New...
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Vladimir: What's in a Name?
Journal article by Andrew M. Drozd; Germano-Slavica, 2000
Subjects: Slavic countries--Social aspects, Slavic languages--Analysis, Slavs--Names
...standard Normanist chronology was George Vernadsky, who argued for two waves of...first wave at circa 740 A.D. See George Vernadsky, Ancient Russia (New Haven...Rodokmen 2 (1947), pp. 71-72. George Vernadsky developed a different view regarding...
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Finding the Roots of Religious Liberty in the "Asian Tradition"
Journal article by Nikoilas K. Gvosdev; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: Church And State--Periodicals
...Late Seventeenth Century ed. George Vernadsky (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University...htm . 84. Cited in Vernadsky, Early Times , 48. 85...to Metropolitan Alexis, in Vernadsky, Early Times , 49. records...
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Western Negative Perceptions of Russia: "The Cold War Mentality" over Five Hundred Years
Journal article by Michael C Paul; International Social Science Review, 2001
Subjects: Russia--History, Russia--International aspects
...non-Slavs in Kievan Russia, see George Vernadsky, Kievan Russia (New Haven, CT...29) Ibid., 180-82. (30) George Tolstoy, The First Forty Years...Times to 1917, Sergei Pushkarev, George Vernadsky, and Ralph Fisher, eds. (New Haven...
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War and Peace: Stalin's Regime and Russian Nationalism
Magazine article by Gennady Bordyugov; History Today, Vol. 45, May 1995
Subjects: Communist Party (Soviet Union)--History, Nationalism and communism--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--History, World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union
...Alexander Nevsky, Field Marshals Suvorov and Kutuzov, Admirals Nakhimov and Ushakov were displayed prominently; the Order of St George reappeared, and the pre-revolutionary military uniform was revived. In relations between the state and the Orthodox church...
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All Eyes on the Ice: Like a Giant White Scoresheet, the Antarctic Peninsula Is Daily Recording Changes in the Environment. and Change Is Occurring More Rapidly There Than Almost Anywhere Else on Earth
Magazine article by Ken Eastwood; Geographical, Vol. 80, October 2008
Subjects: Antarctic Peninsula--Environmental aspects, Ice--Observations, Ocean temperature--Observations
...a huge 25-fold increase in hair grass on Galindez Island. Other populations arent doing so well, however. For example, King George Island provides a prime example of Adelie and chinstrap penguins in decline. There is less sea ice there in the winter, and...
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The Constraints of Russian Culture
Magazine article by Hugh Ragsdale; The National Interest, Fall 1993
Subjects: Democracy--Evaluation, Russia--History, Russians--Attitudes
...Guns for the Tsar: American Technology and the Small-Arms Industry in Nineteenth-Century Russia (DeKalb, 1990). (6) George Vernadsky et al., eds., A Source Book of Russian History, 3 vols. (New Haven, 1972), 3: p.801. (7) The Apocalypse of Our Time...
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Biosphere in Distress
Magazine article by David J. Rapport; World and I, Vol. 15, April 2000
Subjects: Biodiversity conservation--Analysis, Biological diversity conservation--Analysis, Environmental protection--International aspects
...whole. What constitutes ecosystem health? In 1935, Alfred George Tansley coined the term ecosystem, in referring to an integrated...systems. First proposed by the Russian geoscientist Vladimir Vernadsky in 1926, the concept refers to the thin layer of our planet...


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DADDY OF ALL LOVERS; We Know He Was One of History's Greatest Warriors, but New Research Shows Genghis Khan Could Have Fathered Thousands of Children ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 22, 2007
...enemy territories could begin only when Genghis Khan or one of his generals gave permission, wrote Russian historian George Vernadsky. Once it had started, the commander and the common soldier had equal rights, except that beautiful young women had...
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THE ICE; Antarctica's Majesty Combines Superb Natural Vistas, Wildlife
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 27, 2004
...day, we cruise through the Lemaire Channel, take a Zodiac cruise in Pleneau Bay and make landings at Petermann Island and at Vernadsky Station, which formerly was operated by the British but now is a Ukrainian center for research into the hole in the ozone...


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encyclopedia articles on: Vernadsky George  - 1 result

 
 
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Vernadsky, George
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VERNADSKY, GEORGE vernat ske, 1887 1973, American historian, b. Russia. He emigrated to the United States in 1927 and was research associate in...


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