Vladimir Terentyevich Pashuto (; 19 April 1918 – 10 June 1983) was a Soviet Russian

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who specialized in the history of medieval Lithuania and Russia, especially in their foreign policies. He graduated from the

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in 1941 and joined the staff of the Institute of History of the

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in 1948. He was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in 1976. He was awarded the

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. In his 1958 monograph ''The Genesis of Lithuania'', he argued that it was the pressure of Teutonic invasions that forced the disparate Lithuanian tribes to forge a unified state known as the

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. Pashuto is credited as consultant on several films about medieval Russia, including

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's masterpiece ''

Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev (, ; ) was a Russian artist considered to be one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox Christian icons and frescoes. He is revered as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his feast day is 29 January. Ear ...

'' (1966).И. П. Тюрин. "Перспектива памяти: кино, история, литература". Москва, 2004. Стр. 149. Pashuto and his colleague Anatoly Novoseltsev helped bring to light a number of foreign sources related to Russia's medieval history. His approach was further developed by a team of prominent disciples such as

Alexander Nazarenko Aleksandr Vasilievich Nazarenko (; 1948 – 19 January 2022) was a Russian historian who worked in the Moscow State University. He headed the project "Russia and Central Europe in the Middle Ages" in the World History Institute of the Russian Acad ...

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A collection of articles in memory of Vladimir T. Pashuto
1918 births 1983 deaths Russian medievalists Saint Petersburg State University alumni Historians of Lithuania Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Soviet historians {{russia-historian-stub