Academic Ancestry

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Apollon Davidson

Russian historianborn 1929

Wikidata names Nikolai Poletika and Nikolay Yerofeyev as doctoral advisors, lists 2 doctoral students, names Nikolai Poletika as teacher, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, VIAF, and 4 other registers.

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Apollon Davidson, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Nikolai Poletika

Taught2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Irina Filatova

    born 1947
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Georgi Derluguian

    born 1961

The line above and below1 step

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 2 people: 2 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.