Firuz Kazemzadeh (Persian:فیروز کاظم‌زاده; October 27, 1924 – May 17, 2017) was a Russian-born American historian who wasprofessor emeritus of history atYale University.

Firuz Kazemzadeh was born in Moscow to anIranian father and aRussian mother.^[1] 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.^[1] In 1944, during the height ofWorld War II, he travelled fromTehran to the United States and enteredStanford University, graduating with distinction (Phi Beta Kappa) in 1946 and obtaining anMA in 1947. In 1950 Kazemzadeh received aPh.D. in Russian history fromHarvard 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 ofDavenport 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 theUnited States Commission on International Religious Freedom, first appointed to this position in 1998 byPresidentBill Clinton,^[2] and in 2001, reappointed byUS SenateMajority LeaderThomas Daschle.^[3]

Kazemzadeh was an adherent of theBaháʼí Faith and, from 1963 to 2000, served as a member of theNational Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States. He was also a member of the Baháʼí National Council.^[4]

• Kazemzadeh, Firuz (1947).The struggle for Russian Azerbaijan, 1918-1920. Stanford University.
• Kazemzadeh, Firuz (October 1956). "The Origin and Early Development of the Persian Cossack Brigade".American Slavic and East European Review.15 (3):351–363.doi:10.2307/3001099.JSTOR 3001099.
• Kazemzadeh, Firuz (1968).Russia and Britain in Persia, 1864-1914: A Study in Imperialism. Yale Russian and East European studies. Vol. 6. Yale University Press.
• Kazemzadeh, Firuz (1974). "Russian penetration of the Caucasus". In Hunczak, Taras (ed.).Russian Imperialism from Ivan the Great to the revolution. Rutgers University Press.ISBN 978-0-8135-0737-8.
• Kazemzadeh, Firuz (1977). "The Baha'i Faith: A Summary Reprinted from the Encyclopædia Britannica".Reprinted from the Encyclopædia Britannica. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States.ISBN 978-0-87743-121-3.
• Kazemzadeh, Firuz; International Communication Agency, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (1979). "Russian penetration of the Caucasus".The Caucasus Region and Relations with the Central Government. Occasional papers. Vol. 60. Wilson Center, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies.
• Kazemzadeh, Firuz (1981).The struggle for Transcaucasia, 1917-1921. Hyperion Press.ISBN 978-0-8305-0076-5.(reprint of 1951 Philosophical Library edition)
• Kazemzadeh, Firuz (1991). "Iranian relations with Russia and the Soviet Union, to 1921". In Avery, P.; Hambly, G. R. G.; Melville, C. (eds.).From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic. The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 7 illustrated (reprint, reissue ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 314–349.ISBN 978-0-521-20095-0.
• Kazemzadeh, Firuz (1994). "Central Asia's Foreign Relation: A Historical Survey". In Starr, S. Frederick (ed.).The Legacy of History in Russia and the New States of Eurasia. M. E. Sharpe.ISBN 9780521200950. Archived fromthe original on March 8, 2016.
• Kazemzadeh, Firuz (2009)."ʻAbdu'l-Bahá 'Abbás (1844–1921)".Baháʼí Encyclopedia Project. Evanston, IL: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States.

• Firuz Kazemzadeh (March 22, 2016).Interview with Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh Baha'i Heritage Project (Youtube). Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Baha'i Center.

• 1924 births
• 2017 deaths
• Writers from Moscow
• Stanford University alumni
• Harvard University alumni
• Soviet emigrants to the United States
• American people of Iranian descent
• American people of Russian descent
• 20th-century American historians
• Yale University faculty
• Russian people of Iranian descent
• Russian Bahá'ís
• Iranian Bahá'ís
• American Bahá'ís
• 20th-century Bahá'ís
• 21st-century Bahá'ís

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