Branko Marušič (born 1938) is a

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. Born to an upper middle class Slovene family in

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, he moved with the family to the Yugoslav side of the Yugoslav–Italian border in 1947, and has been living in

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since. After finishing the

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, he studied history at the

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. A specialist on political history of the 19th century, he has written many volumes on a variety of topics, focusing on the history of Slovene–Italian border regions of

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and

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. He writes both in Slovene and

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. He is for his studies of Slovene–Italian relations in the 19th and 20th century, and has been praised for his contributions in the cultivation of Slovene–Italian cultural and historical dialogue. He was member of the Slovenian-Italian Cultural-Historical Commission, established by the governments of the two countries to shed light on the historical relationship between the two peoples from 1880 to 1954. He is currently a senior researcher at the Research Centre of the

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. He is the brother of the politician

Tomaž Marušič Tomaž Marušič (19 May 1932 – 16 February 2011) was a Slovenian lawyer and politician. He was born in Gorizia, Italy. His father, Franc Marušič was a renowned local physician and a staunch Slovene patriot and antifascist. During his chil ...

and of the landscape architect Ivan Janez Marušič.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marusic, Branko 20th-century Slovenian historians University of Ljubljana alumni People from Gorizia People from the Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica Living people 1938 births 21st-century Slovenian historians