Iosif Amusin: what Wikipedia removed
Iosif Amusin was a Soviet historian and orientalist who specialized in the Ancient Near East and Qumran studies. Through 2020 the opening said he taught in Leningrad until the anti-Semitic campaign against the so called “cosmopolitanism” cost him his job. Today the opening ends with his fields of study, and the antisemitic campaign is gone, though antisemitism survives twice in the body. A reader arriving now learns what Amusin studied and not the antisemitic campaign that ended his teaching post.
The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 2. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antisemitism | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The sentence describing the antisemitic ‘anti-cosmopolitanism’ campaign that cost him his teaching post was cut from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 356708741):
Iosif Davidovich Amusin (Russian: Ио́сиф Дави́дович Аму́син ; French: Joseph Amoussine , November 29, 1910, Vitebsk – June 12, 1984, Leningrad) was a Soviet historian , orientalist , hebraist and papyrologyst , was specialist in the history of the Ancient Near East and Qumran studies. Amusin was twice (in 1928 and 1938) arrested and sentenced for Zionist connections and ” anti-Soviet ” activity (acquitted posthumously in 1989). Graduated from the Historical Faculty of Leningrad University (1935–1941). Served as a medical officer during the Second World War . After 1945, Amusin taught ancient history at the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute and the Leningrad University until the anti-Semitic ca…
2025 (revision 1271410958):
Soviet historian, orientalist, and papyrologist (1910–1984) In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs , the patronymic is Davidovich and the family name is Amusin . Iosif Davidovich Amusin ( Russian : Ио́сиф Дави́дович Аму́син ; French: Joseph Amoussine , November 29, 1910, Vitebsk – June 12, 1984, Leningrad) was a Soviet historian , orientalist , hebraist and papyrologyst , and a specialist in the history of the Ancient Near East and Qumran studies. ^ “Amusin Josif” . Virtual Shtetl . Retrieved 28 November 2024 .
Related
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