Richard Marsina (4 May 1923 – 25 March 2021) was a
Slovak historian, one of the founders of modern Slovak
histography and a prominent expert on the medieval history of Slovakia.
[Dvořák, Pavel: Stopy dávnej minulosti 3, 2004 - str. 288] His scientific activities include research and publication of medieval sources, research of the oldest settlements in
Slovakia
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, medieval towns, the history of
Great Moravia
Great Moravia ( la, Regnum Marahensium; el, Μεγάλη Μοραβία, ''Meghálī Moravía''; cz, Velká Morava ; sk, Veľká Morava ; pl, Wielkie Morawy), or simply Moravia, was the first major state that was predominantly West Slavs, Wes ...
, the Christianisation of Slovakia and of the
Kingdom of Hungary
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and the oldest history of the
Bishopric of Nitra. He worked in leading position at various scientific institutions like the Institute of History of the
Slovak Academy of Sciences
The Slovak Academy of Sciences ( sk, Slovenská akadémia vied, or SAV) is the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia fostering basic and strategic basic research. It was founded in 1942, closed after World War II, and then reestab ...
(SAS), the Slovak Society for History, the Scientific Board for Historical Sciences,
Trnava University in Trnava, the Department of History at
Matica slovenská
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and others. In the 1960s, he also worked at the research institute of SAS in
Budapest
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, was the secretary of the Czechoslovak section of the joint Czech-Slovak-Hungarian historical commission (1960 – 1965, 1971 – 1983), and the secretary of the board of experts at the commission on the sharing of cultural heritage with the Hungarian People's Republic (1965 – 1968).
Awards
* State award "For excellent work" (Czechoslovak government)
* Križko's medal for merit in archival science
* Sasinek's medal for merit in archival science
* Silver and gold plaque of Ľudovít Štúr in social sciences (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
* Gold medal of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
* Medal of István Széchényi (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
* Medal of Štefan Moyses
* Pribina Cross, III. class (President of the Slovak Republic)
* Award of Ľudovít Novák in social sciences ex aequo
* Gold Medal of the Trnava University in Trnava
* Award of Daniel Rapant
* Honorary citizen of the town Žilina
References
External links
Richard Marsina at the official web pages of the Trnava University(Slovak)
Richard Marsina at databazeknih.cz(Slovak)
Richard Marsina at osobnosti.sk(Slovak)
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1923 births
2021 deaths
20th-century Slovak historians
Historians of Slovakia
Recipients of the Pribina Cross
People from Šahy