Branislav Varsik (5 March 1904,

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– 28 May 1994,

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) was a Slovak historian and archivist. His major contribution was to the research of the

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on the territory of present-day Slovakia and history of the settlement.

Selected works

* ''Slováci na pražskej univerzite do konca stredoveku'' lovaks at the University of Prague until the end of the Middle Ages(1926) * ''Husiti a reformácia na Slovensku do žilinskej synody'' ussites and Reformation in Slovakia before the Synod of Žilina(1932, habilitation work) * ''Národnostný problém trnavskej univerzity'' he National Problem of Trnava University(1938) * ''Národnostná hranica slovensko-maďarská v ostatných dvoch storočiach'' he Slovak-Hungarian national border in the last two centuries(1940) * ''Slovenské listy a listiny z 15. a 16. stor.'' lovak Letters and Documents of the 15th and 16th Centuries.(1956, doktorská práca) * ''Osídlenie Košickej kotliny I.-III.'' ettlement of the Košice basin I.-III.(1964, 1973, 1977) * ''Husitské revolučné hnutie a Slovensko'' ussite Revolutionary Movement and Slovakia(1965) * ''Zo slovenského stredoveku'' rom the Slovak Middle Ages(1972) * ''Z osídlenia západného a stredného Slovenska v stredoveku'' bout the Settlement of Western and Central Slovakia in the Middle Ages(1984)

Awards

* 1963 – Gold Medal of Comenius University * 1963 – Honour Badge of Labour * 1974 – Gold Honor Plaque of Slovak Academy of Sciences of Ľudovít Štúr for Contributions in Social Sciences * 1976 – National Award of Slovak Socialistic Republic * 1979 – Silver medal of Slovak Academy of Sciences * 2007 –

Order of Ľudovít Štúr The Order of Ľudovít Štúr () is the third highest Slovak state decoration (after the Order of the White Double Cross and the Orders, decorations, and medals of Slovakia#Andrej Hlinka Order, Order of Andrej Hlinka) conferred by the President ...

, 1st Class ''in memoriam''

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130925123150/http://www.fphil.uniba.sk/index.php?id=546 {{DEFAULTSORT:Varsik, Branislav 1904 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Slovak historians