Firuz Kazemzadeh#Publications

Firuz Kazemzadeh ({{langx|fa|فیروز کاظم‌زاده}}; October 27, 1924 – May 17, 2017) was a Russian-born American historian who was professor emeritus of history at Yale University.

Biography

Firuz Kazemzadeh was born in Moscow to an Iranian father and a Russian mother.{{cite web|title=In memoriam: Firuz Kazemzadeh, scholar of Russian history, former Davenport head|url=https://news.yale.edu/2017/05/23/memoriam-firuz-kazemzadeh-scholar-russian-history-former-davenport-head|website=YaleNews|access-date=24 March 2018|date=23 May 2017|quote=Born in 1924 in Moscow to a Russian mother and an Iranian diplomat father, Kazemzadeh lived in Soviet Russia until the age of 16, when his family moved to Iran.}} His father served in the Iranian embassy in Moscow. After completing his primary and secondary education in Moscow, Kazemzadeh (then aged 16) and his family moved to Iran. In 1944, during the height of World War II, he travelled from Tehran to the United States and entered Stanford University, graduating with distinction (Phi Beta Kappa) in 1946 and obtaining an MA in 1947. In 1950 Kazemzadeh received a Ph.D. in Russian history from Harvard University.

Kazemzadeh taught at Harvard in 1954 – 1956, then moved to Yale where he was professor of history until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1992. While at Yale, he also served as Master of Davenport College.

He was the author and co-author of a number of books on the history of Russia and Iran, as well as numerous articles and reviews for authoritative scholarly publications.

Between May 15, 1998, and May 14, 2003, Kazemzadeh served as a Commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, first appointed to this position in 1998 by President Bill Clinton,{{cite web |url=http://bahai.haifa.ac.il/kazemzadeh/CV.pdf |title=Firuz Kazemzadeh |access-date=2008-02-05 |author=University of Haifa, Department of Middle Eastern History |date=2001-06-11 |work=Lectures in Baha'i Studies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205010321/http://bahai.haifa.ac.il/kazemzadeh/CV.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-05 }} and in 2001, reappointed by US Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle.{{cite web |url=http://www.uscirf.gov/mediaroom/press/2001/june/06112001%5Fkazemzadeh.html |title=Kazemzadeh, Stith Named to Commission |access-date=2008-02-05 |author=United States Commission on International Religious Freedom |date=2001-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013105554/http://www.uscirf.gov/mediaroom/press/2001/june/06112001_kazemzadeh.html |archive-date=2007-10-13 |url-status=dead }}

Kazemzadeh was an adherent of the Baháʼí Faith and, from 1963 to 2000, served as a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States. He was also a member of the Baháʼí National Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfr.org/blog-post/firuz-kazemzadeh-life-well-lived|title=Firuz Kazemzadeh: A Life Well Lived|website=cfr.org|access-date=19 May 2017}}

Publications

{{cite book | last =Kazemzadeh | first = Firuz | author-link =Firuz Kazemzadeh |title =The struggle for Russian Azerbaijan, 1918-1920 | publisher =Stanford University | year = 1947 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QrEUAAAAIAAJ }}
{{cite journal | last =Kazemzadeh | first = Firuz | author-link =Firuz Kazemzadeh | title =The Origin and Early Development of the Persian Cossack Brigade | journal =American Slavic and East European Review | volume =15 | issue =3 | pages =351–363 | date =October 1956 | jstor = 3001099| doi=10.2307/3001099}}
{{cite book | last =Kazemzadeh | first = Firuz | author-link =Firuz Kazemzadeh | title =Russia and Britain in Persia, 1864-1914: A Study in Imperialism| publisher =Yale University Press | series =Yale Russian and East European studies | volume =6 | year = 1968 }}
{{cite book | last =Kazemzadeh | first =Firuz | author-link =Firuz Kazemzadeh | editor-last =Hunczak | editor-first =Taras | title =Russian Imperialism from Ivan the Great to the revolution | publisher =Rutgers University Press | chapter =Russian penetration of the Caucasus | year =1974 | isbn =978-0-8135-0737-8 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/russianimperiali00tara }}
{{cite encyclopedia |last= Kazemzadeh |first= Firuz |encyclopedia= Reprinted from the Encyclopædia Britannica |title= The Baha'i Faith: A Summary Reprinted from the Encyclopædia Britannica|year= 1977|publisher= National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States| isbn = 978-0-87743-121-3 }}
{{cite book | last =Kazemzadeh | first = Firuz | author-link =Firuz Kazemzadeh | author2 =International Communication Agency, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies |title =The Caucasus Region and Relations with the Central Government | series =Occasional papers| volume = 60| publisher =Wilson Center, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies | chapter =Russian penetration of the Caucasus | year = 1979 }}
{{cite book | last =Kazemzadeh | first = Firuz | author-link =Firuz Kazemzadeh | title=The struggle for Transcaucasia, 1917-1921|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9xWAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Hyperion Press|isbn=978-0-8305-0076-5}}(reprint of 1951 Philosophical Library edition)
{{cite book | last =Kazemzadeh | first = Firuz | author-link =Firuz Kazemzadeh | editor-last = Avery| editor-first =P. | editor2-last = Hambly|editor2-first = G. R. G. | editor3-last = Melville| editor3-first= C. | title = From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic| edition= reprint, reissue |series =The Cambridge History of Iran | volume = 7 illustrated | publisher =Cambridge University Press | chapter =Iranian relations with Russia and the Soviet Union, to 1921| year = 1991| pages = 314–349 | isbn = 978-0-521-20095-0 }}
{{cite book | last =Kazemzadeh | first = Firuz | editor-last = Starr | editor-first = S. Frederick | title =The Legacy of History in Russia and the New States of Eurasia | chapter = Central Asia's Foreign Relation: A Historical Survey | url = https://www.questia.com/read/14044289/the-legacy-of-history-in-russia-and-the-new-states | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308043011/https://www.questia.com/read/14044289/the-legacy-of-history-in-russia-and-the-new-states | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 8, 2016 | publisher =M. E. Sharpe | year = 1994 | isbn = 9780521200950 }}
{{cite encyclopedia |last= Kazemzadeh |first= Firuz |encyclopedia= Baháʼí Encyclopedia Project |title= ʻAbdu'l-Bahá 'Abbás (1844–1921)|year= 2009|publisher= National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States |location= Evanston, IL|url=http://www.bahai-encyclopedia-project.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81:abdul-baha-abbas-1844-1921&catid=36:administrationinstitutions#personal }}