Sofia Davidovna Miliband (; 17 July 1922,

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– 12 February 2017, Moscow) was a

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Orientalist and Iranist, author,

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of history and

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. She was born to David Osipovich Miliband and his wife. Her ancestor Mikhl was a

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, while other ancestors lived at

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. She graduated from the oriental studies department of the MSU Faculty of History and became a research fellow at the

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working as an Iranist. She is a second cousin of

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and

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.Московская мишпуха британских министров
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References

Publications

* ''Биобиблиографический словарь советских востоковедов'' (Biobibliographic Dictionary of Soviet Orientalists). Moscow: Nauka, 1975. — 734 pages. * ''Биобиблиографический словарь отечественных востоковедов: с 1917 г.'' (Biobibliographic Dictionary of Domestic Orientalists: from 1917). Moscow: Nauka, 1995. — 763 pages. * ''Востоковеды России, XX — начало XXI века: биобиблиографический словарь'' (Russian orientalists of the 20th and Early 21st Centuries: A Biobibliographic Dictionary). 2 Vol. Moscow. Восточная литература. 2008. ** Vol. 1: А — М. — 2008. — 968 pages. ** Vol. 2: Н — Я. — 2008. — 1004 pages. ** ''Востоковеды России, XX-начало XXI века. Дополнения и указатель'' (Russian Orientalists of the 20th and Early 21st Centuries: Addenda and Indices). Moscow: Восточная литература, 2009. — 70, с.

External links

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Софья Милибанд. Интервью.
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