Lev Gumilev

Soviet academic (1912-1992) · Russia · On the map · Academics · Died at 79

Lev Nikolayevich Gumilev was a Soviet and Russian historian, ethnologist, anthropologist and translator. He had a reputation for his highly unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and historiosophy. He was an exponent of Eurasianism.

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Young Gumilev with his parents in 1913

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Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

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