Vladimir Beneshevich Scientist

Vladimir Nicolayevich Beneshevich (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Бенешевич; 1874–1938) was a scholar of Byzantine history and canon law, and a philologer and paleographer of the manuscripts in that sphere.Beneshevich was a corresponding-member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences from 1914, of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1924, and of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and of the Strassburg Academy of Sciences from 1929.Beneshevich was executed by the Soviet regime in 1938, and is one of the Eastern Orthodox Church's "New Martyrs".

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Vladimir Beneshevich
Alias (AKA)Владимир Николаевич Бенешевич (Russian)
Birth dateAugust 09, 1874
Birth place
Russian Empire , Druya
Date of deathJanuary 17, 1938
Place of death
Soviet Union , Saint Petersburg
Known for
Canon law

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