Nikolai Alexandrovich Mashkin (russian: Николай Александрович Машкин ; 9 February 1900, Sokolki – 15 September 1950,

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) was a

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scholar of

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(Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor from 1942). Mashkin authored ''The History of Ancient Rome'' (1947–56), which was translated into several languages, and ''The Principate of

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. Its Origin and Social Essence'' (1949, translated into German, Italian, Hungarian and Romanian languages). In 1950 Mashkin received the

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. Mashkin was born in the village of Sokolki, present

Bugulminsky District Bugulminsky District (russian: Бугульми́нский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Бөгелмә районы, ''Bögelmä rayonı'') is an territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federatio ...

in Russia. Having finished a school in Bugulma, he studied at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of the

Samara State University Samara State University (russian: Самарский государственный университет) was a classical multi-faculty university and a leading educational institution of higher education in Samara Oblast, Russia. It consists ...

(1921/22) and at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the

Moscow University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

. In 1938 Mashkin received his doctorate. Mashkin extensively studied the history of

Roman provinces The Roman provinces (Latin: ''provincia'', pl. ''provinciae'') were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th centur ...

, particularly

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. He also authored several works on

circumcellions The Circumcellions or Agonistici (as called by Donatists) were bands of Roman Christian radicals in North Africa in the early to mid-4th century.. They were considered heretical by the Catholic Church. They were initially concerned with remedyin ...

. He published in

Journal of Ancient History ''The Journal of Ancient History'' (Russian: ''Вестник Древней Истории'', ''Vestnik Drevnei Istorii'') is a Russian bulletin founded in 1937. It publishes articles mainly on Ancient Orient, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and r ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mashkin, Nikolai 1900 births 1950 deaths People from Tatarstan People from Bugulminsky Uyezd Soviet historians Historians of ancient Rome Academic staff of Moscow State University Recipients of the Stalin Prize Russian scholars of Roman history Samara State University alumni