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Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian, educator, researcher. Recipient prize Government Russian Federation, 1998, Pushkin medal, 1999; named Honored Scientist, 1987. Member presidium Center International d'information sur les sources de l'histoire balcanique et mediterraneenne United Nations Educational, 1976-1991. Member Russian Academy Education, Academy of Sciences Poland (foreign), Union Local Historians (chairman since 1991).

Background

Schmidt, Sigurd Ottovich was born on April 15, 1922 in Moscow. Son of Otto Yulievich Schmidt and Margarita Emmanouilovna Golosovker.

Education

Graduate, Moscow State University, 1944. Candidate of History, University Moscow, 1949.

Career

Chief editor History of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1956-1960. Research fellow Institute Russian History, Moscow, since 1956. Professor The History-Archival Institute, since 1949.

Chairman Archeographical Commission, 1968—2002, honorary chairman, since 2002.

Achievements

  • Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt has been listed as a noteworthy historian, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member presidium Center International d'information sur les sources de l'histoire balcanique et mediterraneenne United Nations Educational, 1976-1991. Member Russian Academy Education, Academy of Sciences Poland (foreign), Union Local Historians (chairman since 1991).

Connections

Father:
Otto Yulievich Schmidt

Mother:
Margarita Emmanouilovna Golosovker

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Awards

  • Recipient prize Government Russian Federation, 1998, Pushkin medal, 1999. Named Honored Scientist, 1987.