Tarle E.V., (1874-1955), historian

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TARLE Evgeny Viktorovich (1874-1955), historian, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1927). He graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Kiev University in 1896. In 1901, he moved to St. Petersburg. Two years later he assumed a teaching position at the University of St. Petersburg (where he was appointed a professor in 1918), as well as teaching at many other higher educational establishments of St. Petersburg. After the February Revolution in 1917, he collaborated with the Extraordinary Investigating Commission of the Provisional Government for the Investigation of Crimes of the Tsarist Regime. Tarle also took part in the issuing of the Byloe and Annaly journals. In 1930, he was arrested for involvement in the so-called Academic Affair and deported to Alma-Ata, where he stayed from 1931 to1932. In 1931, he was expelled from the Academy of Sciences, to be reinstated in 1938. In 1937, he was admitted as a research fellow into the Leningrad section of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1942, he entered the Extraordinary State Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Committed on the Territory of the USSR by Fascist Aggressors. Tarle left works on the history of France and international relations of the 18th-19th centuries. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1942, 1943 and 1946. From 1923 to 1955 Tarle lived at 30 Palace Embankment (memorial plaque).

References: Каганович Б. С. Евгений Викторович Тарле и петербургская школа историков. СПб., 1995; Академическое дело 1929-1931 гг.: Док. и материалы следств. дела, сфабриков. ОГПУ. Вып. 2: Дело по обвинению акад. Е. В. Тарле. СПб., 1998.

A. A. Kononov. Tarle Evgeny Viktorovich
Dvortsovaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 30
Каганович Б. С. Евгений Викторович Тарле и петербургская школа историков. СПб., 1995
Академическое дело 1929 - 1931 гг.: Док. и материалы следств. дела, сфабриков. ОГПУ: Вып. 2: Дело по обвинению акад. Е. В. Тарле. СПб., 1998 Russian Academy of Sciences
State University, St. Petersburg
Petrograd Cheka
February Revolution of 1917
Byloe (The Olden Times), journal
Academics' Case
Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg