Sergey Pavlovich Karpov (russian: Сергей Павлович Карпов; born 1948) is a leading

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

n Byzantinist who specializes in the

Empire of Trebizond The Empire of Trebizond, or Trapezuntine Empire, was a monarchy and one of three successor rump states of the Byzantine Empire, along with the Despotate of the Morea and the Principality of Theodoro, that flourished during the 13th through t ...

and the history of Gazaria. His work in Italian archives helped bring to light the records of

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and

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notaries and accountants concerning their

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colonies. Some of his monographs are available in Italian translation. He was awarded a State Prize in 1996 and was elected into the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

in 2003. Karpov was Dean of the Department of History of the

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

from 1995 until 2015.

Monographs

* Sergei Karpov. ''Трапезундская империя и западноевропейские государства, 1204-1461.'' ("The Empire of Trebizond and the nations of Western Europe, 1204–1461.") Moscow, 1981, 231 pp. * ''L' impero di Trebisonda, Venezia, Genova e Roma'', 1204-1461. Rapporti politici, diplomatici e commerciali. Roma, 1986. 321 pp. * ''La Navigazione Veneziana nel Mar Nero XIII-XV sec.'' Ravenna, 2000. 207 pp. * Sergei Karpov. ''История Трапезундской империи'' ("A history of the empire of Trebizond"). Saint Petersburg, 2007, 656 pp.

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