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Marc Raeff was born on 1923 in Moscow, Soviet Union, is an American historian. Discover Marc Raeff's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
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Born 1923, 1923
Birthday 1923
Birthplace Moscow, Soviet Union
Date of death 20 September, 2008
Died Place Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality Russia

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1923

Marc Raeff (Марк Исаевич Раев; July 28, 1923 – September 20, 2008) was a Soviet-born American historian.

For most of his career he taught at Columbia University in New York, where he held the Bakhmeteff chair in Russian Studies.

Harvard University historian Richard Pipes says, "He was very much interested in the Western aspect of Russian culture. He was a pillar of Russian historical studies in this country."

Raeff was born in Moscow July 28, 1923, and was the only child of Isaac and Victoria Raeff.

Isaac Raeff was of Jewish heritage, but was not observant.

Victoria Raeff's mother was Lutheran, and Victoria attended a Lutheran church in Kharkov as a child.

His father was an engineer, and his mother was a biochemical technician.

The government sent his father to Berlin to oversee quality control on machinery destined for Russia.

1927

They refused to return to Moscow in 1927; in 1933 they moved to Paris.

1941

They emigrated to the U.S. in 1941.

Raeff attended schools in German, French and English, but he spoke Russian at home, with his parents.

He wrote in English, French, German, and Russian, and also read Italian and Polish.

Raeff served in the U.S. Army in World War II as an interpreter in POW camps.

He attended Harvard, working with Professor Michael Karpovich, who trained numerous scholars.

1949

He taught at Clark University from 1949 until 1961, when he moved to Columbia.

1950

He earned his Ph.D in 1950.

1951

He married Lillian Gottesman in 1951; they had two daughters, Anne and Catherine.

Raeff's research focused on the Russian Empire, with an emphasis on the Russian intelligentsia at home and in diaspora.

Wirtschafter argues that he always "stressed the complexity and dynamism of the social and political arrangements that defined Imperial Russia".

Raeff directed numerous Ph.D. dissertations.

His teaching and writing were free of ideological overtones during and after the Cold War.

1957

He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1957.

He published numerous articles and books.