• years Elisséeff was already fluent in French, German, English, Latin, and Ancient Greek, in addition to his native Russian. As a youth, Elisséeff initially...
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    political supremacy and moral prestige of Islam", according to historian Nikita Elisséeff. Noting al-Walid's awareness of architecture's propaganda value, historian...
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    supremacy and moral prestige of Islam", according to the historian Nikita Elisséeff. Noting al-Walid's awareness of architecture's propaganda value, Hillenbrand...
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  • main leaders of the Qays, including al-Dahhak, fell in the field. Nikita Elisséeff explains the Umayyad success by the possible defection of Qays-aligned...
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    Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6. Kennedy 2007, p. 207. Elisséeff 1986, p. 124. Elisséeff 1986, p. 125. Cohen, Getzel M. (2006), Hellenistic Settlements...
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     130. Kennedy 2007, p. 79. Elisséeff 1965, p. 279. Donner 1981, p. 132. Kennedy 2007, pp. 79–80. Kennedy 2007, p. 80. Elisséeff 1965, pp. 279–280. Zein &...
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    Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-919-5. Elisséeff, Nikita (1965). "Dimashk". In Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.)...
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  • Japanese Philology at Saint Petersburg University. Soon afterwards, Serge Elisséeff would become the first Russian to undergo higher education in Japan, graduating...
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    Bolshevik politician and the Head of state of the Soviet Union in 1938–1946 Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union in 1953–1964, launched de-Stalinisation...
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    Saladin. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-87395-095-4. Élisséeff, Nikita (2007). "Homs". In Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (ed.). Historic Cities...
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