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Michael Rostovtzeff

Russian historian of ancient history1870 to 1952

Wikidata names Nikodim Kondakov as doctoral advisor and lists 3 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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stated by Wikidata
Nikodim Kondakov

Students on Wikidata3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

stated by Wikidata
Natalia Garschin von Engelhardt
born 1887
stated by Wikidata
Vasily Vasilievich Struve
born 1889
stated by Wikidata
Mariya Sergeyenko
born 1891

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
Nikodim Kondakov

Taught7

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
Tatiana Warsher
born 1880
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Vasily Vasilievich Struve
born 1889
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Stefan Srebrny
born 1890
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Mariya Sergeyenko
born 1891
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Anatoli Guenko
born 1896
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Elias Bickermann
born 1897
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Henry Rudolph Immerwahr
born 1916

The line above and below3 steps

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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataNikodim Kondakov
2 steps up
stated by WikidataFyodor Buslaev
3 steps up
stated by WikidataIvan Davydov

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 21 people: 21 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career10

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

until 1888
Kiev Gymnasium
studied
1892
Faculty of History and Philology of St. Petersburg University
studied
from 1898
Imperial St. Petersburg University
worked
1899
Faculty of History and Philology of St. Petersburg University
studied
1903
Faculty of History and Philology of St. Petersburg University
studied
1918 to 1920
University of Oxford
worked
1920 to 1925
University of Wisconsin–Madison
worked
1925 to 1939
Yale University
worked
undated
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
studied
undated
Bestuzhev Courses
worked

At a glance

known as: economic historian, classical archaeologist, historian of classical antiquity, university teacher, social historian, economist, latinist, archaeologist, historian, opinion journalist, art historian, classical philologist, educator
fields: history, classical philology, archaeology
awards: Sterling Professor, honorary doctor of the University of Athens, 1937, Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford, 1919, honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge, honorary doctor of Harvard University, 1936, honorary doctor of the Leipzig University, 1909, Officer of the Legion of Honour
member of: Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, German Archaeological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1916 to 1919, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 1927 to 1952, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences, from 1932, Imperial Russian Archaeological Society, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, American Historical Association, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Society for Classical Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, from 1929, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1947
Wikipedia: in 34 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaMichael Rostovtzeff
stated by WikidataWikidataQ502983
stated by WikidataVIAF18347198
stated by WikidataGND118927086
stated by WikidataIdRef029219116
stated by WikidataISNI0000000122771015

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@misc{academicancestry_Q502983,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Michael Rostovtzeff: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q502983},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Michael Rostovtzeff: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q502983