Ranovich, A. B. Hellenism and Its Historical Role (Ellinizm i ego istoricheskaya rol'), 1950. In Russian

Ранович, А. Б. Эллинизм и его историческая роль.
Ответственные редакторы: В. Н. Дьяков, Я. А. Ленцман
Москва: Академия наук СССР, 1950
381 с.: ил.
Твердый тисненый переплет, 22,5 см.
Тираж: 10000 экз.
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Ranovich, A. B. Ellinizm i ego istoricheskaya rol'. [Hellenism and Its Historical Role].
Responsible editors: Doctor of Historical Sciences V. N. Dyakov, Candidate of Historical Sciences Ya. A. Lentsman.
Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences, 1950.
381 p.: ill. Hardcover with embossing, 22.5 cm.
Print run: 10,000 copies.

This 1950 monograph by Abram Borisovich Ranovich is a comprehensive and authoritative Soviet study of the Hellenistic era, published by the USSR Academy of Sciences under the editorship of prominent historians V.N. Dyakov and Ya.A. Lentsman. The work systematically analyzes the political history, social structures, and cultural synthesis of the Hellenistic world following the conquests of Alexander the Great. Published during the late Stalin period, the book reflects the era's Marxist historical methodology while maintaining a high scholarly standard. As a fundamental synthesis of its time, it served as a key textbook and reference for Soviet historians and classicists, representing the state of Soviet scholarship on antiquity in the mid-20th century.