Sergey Karpov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sergey Karpov

Russian byzantinist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1948

Place of Birth: Stavropol, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia

Profession: historian, university teacher, classical scholar, medievalist, byzantinist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sergey Pavlovich Karpov (Russian: ?????? ???????? ??????; born 1948) is a leading Russian Byzantinist who specializes in the Empire of Trebizond and the history of Gazaria.
His work in Italian archives helped bring to light the records of Genoese and Venetian notaries and accountants concerning their Black Sea colonies.
Some of his monographs are available in Italian translation.
He was awarded a State Prize in 1996 and was elected into the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2003.
Karpov was Dean of the Department of History of the Moscow State University from 1995 until 2015.