Georgian-American historian and genealogist (1913-1997)
Cyril Leo Toumanoff (Georgian: კირილ თუმანოვი; Russian: Кирилл Львович Туманов; 10 October 1913 – 4 February 1997) was a Georgian-American historian,, and academic genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Byzantine Empire. Born in the Russian Empire into a princely family, Toumanoff escaped to the United States after the Russian Revolution. His works have significantly influenced the Western scholarship of the medieval Caucasus.[1]
^Robert H. Hewsen. "In Memoriam: Cyril Toumanoff." Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies. Vol. 8, 1995, 5–7.
Cyril Leo Toumanoff (Georgian: კირილ თუმანოვი; Russian: Кирилл Львович Туманов; 10 October 1913 – 4 February 1997) was a Georgian-American historian,...
Syunik, Lori, Vaspurakan, Vanand and Taron. Many historians, such as CyrilToumanoff, Nicholas Adontz and Ronald Suny, consider them to be the progenitors...
reign—taken to have lasted for 77 years—the dates 268–345, which Professor CyrilToumanoff corrects to 284–361. He is also known to the contemporary Roman historian...
of the Kamsarakan, the Pahlavuni, rose to prominence. According to CyrilToumanoff the Pahlavunis in turn had two branches: the Mkhargrdzeli, associated...
resistance against Arab rule, however, the western historians such as CyrilToumanoff, and Ronald Suny, view it as a general campaign directed at both the...
Caucasian History:II: States and Dynasties of the Formative Period, CyrilToumanoff, Traditio, Vol. 17, 1961, Fordham University, 6. Yeremyan, Suren. «Մարզպանական...
corpus, the increasing number of modern experts has accepted Professor CyrilToumanoff's hypothesis that the earliest texts of Kartlis Tskhovreba were composed...
administering the fortress and the wealth within it. According to CyrilToumanoff, Anggh was likely the central fortress of one of the four bdeashkhs...
annals which make him a son of the king of Armenia, whom the historians CyrilToumanoff and Stephen H. Rapp identifies with the Arsacid, Vologases II (r. 180–191)...
Vakhtang's rule the dates c. 449–502 while CyrilToumanoff suggests the dates c. 447–522. Furthermore, Toumanoff identifies Vakhtang with the Iberian king...
nation. According to the renowned scholar of the Caucasian studies CyrilToumanoff, the Moschians also were one of the early proto-Georgian tribes which...
(ibid). According to the renowned scholar of the Caucasian studies CyrilToumanoff, the Moschians were the early proto-Georgian tribes which were integrated...
Press, Cambridge and New York, pp. 24-25, ISBN 0-521-52148-3. Fra CyrilToumanoff, "Genealogical Imperialism" (1985) vol 6 (no 134) (NS) Coat of Arms...
Roman Empire under Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. According to CyrilToumanoff, Pharasmanes was a member of the third Pharnavazid dynasty and reigned...
ancestor Artaxerxes II the "Longarmed" (404–358 BC). According to CyrilToumanoff / Encyclopædia Iranica, they were an offshoot of the Armenian Pahlavuni...
BC according to Prince Vakhushti of Kartli, 299–234 BC according to CyrilToumanoff and 284–219 BC according to Pavle Ingoroqva. Pharnavaz's rise, advent...
"the land of Colchis"). According to the scholar of Caucasian studies CyrilToumanoff: Colchis appears as the first Caucasian State to have achieved the...
Aghdznik (Arzanene), Tsopk (Sophene), and Gugark (Gogarene). According to CyrilToumanoff, the bdeašxs of Armenia likely emerged in connection with the conquests...
order to marry a Kipchak princess. According to the modern historian CyrilToumanoff, David's repudiation of his first marriage occurred c. 1107. The same...
Prince Toumanoff (born Toumanishvili) (1913–1997), Russian-born historian and genealogist who was a Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University Cyril Herath...
prince Anos from whom the royal family claimed their origin. Prince CyrilToumanoff relates the name of Anos to the later Abkhaz noble family of Anchabadze...
literary tradition, for 12 years, from c. 435 to 447 (according to CyrilToumanoff). Mihrdat was the son and successor of King Archil. The Georgian annals...
k'oronikon 345, when he would have been in his 52nd or 53rd year. Professor CyrilToumanoff gives 1070 and 24 January 1125 as the dates for David. According to...
5. CyrilToumanoff. p. 525. Schippmann, K. (1986). "Arsacids ii. The Arsacid dynasty". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5. CyrilToumanoff. pp. 525–536...
deriving its name from the ethnonym "Meskhians". According to the CyrilToumanoff, Moschians were the early proto-Georgian tribe which played a leading...
contemporary of the Roman emperor Hadrian (r. 117–138). Professor CyrilToumanoff suggests AD 116–132 as the years of Pharasmanes’ reign. He features...
Christian Georgian ruler and his mother was Nana of Iberia. Professor CyrilToumanoff suggests the years 345–361 as the period of their joint reign. According...
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