Vladimir Pashuto

{{short description|Russian medievalist (1918–1983)}} {{family name hatnote|Terentyevich|Pashuto|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} '''Vladimir Terentyevich Pashuto''' ({{langx|ru|Владимир Терентьевич Пашуто}}; 19 April 1918 – 10 June 1983) was a Soviet Russian [[Marxist]] [[historian]] who specialized in the history of medieval Lithuania and Russia, especially in their foreign policies.

He graduated from the [[Leningrad University]] in 1941 and joined the staff of the Institute of History of the [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]] in 1948.<ref>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article087552.html Great Soviet Encyclopaedia]</ref> He was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in 1976. He was awarded the [[Order of the Badge of Honor]].

In his 1958 monograph ''The Genesis of Lithuania'', he argued that it was the pressure of [[Baltic crusades|Teutonic invasions]] that forced the disparate Lithuanian tribes to forge a unified state known as the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]].<ref>S. C. Rowell. ''Lithuania ascending: a pagan empire within east-central Europe, 1295-1345''. Cambridge University Press, 1994. Page 290.</ref> Pashuto is credited as consultant on several films about medieval Russia, including [[Andrei Tarkovsky|Tarkovsky]]'s masterpiece ''[[Andrei Rublev (film)|Andrei Rublev]]'' (1966).<ref>И. П. Тюрин. "Перспектива памяти: кино, история, литература". Москва, 2004. Стр. 149.</ref>

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]].

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== External links == * [http://dgve.csu.ru/bibl/VE_80_let_Pashuto.shtml A collection of articles in memory of Vladimir T. Pashuto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222035/http://dgve.csu.ru/bibl/VE_80_let_Pashuto.shtml |date=2 December 2013 }}

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