Georgiy Vladimirovich Vernadsky (1887–1973) — the son of V. I. Vernadsky. An outstanding Russian historian. A student of V. O. Klyuchevsky, S. F. Platonov, Yu. V. Gauthier, and A. A. Kizevetter. Since 1920, he lived in emigration. Professor of Russian history at Charles University (Czechoslovakia) from 1922 and at Yale University (USA) from 1927 to 1956. One of the theoreticians of the Eurasian movement. L. N. Gumilyov called himself a follower of G. V. Vernadsky.
Georgiy Vladimirovich is the author of numerous articles and monographs on Russian history. The pinnacle of G. V. Vernadsky’s work was the multi-volume “History of Russia,” which embodied the historical concept of Eurasianism.
After his invitation in 1927 to the United States, Vernadsky and his close friend, Harvard University professor M. M. Karpovich, conceived a grand-scale project: the creation of a multi-volume “Histories of Russia.” The series was to consist of ten volumes: the first six—up to the creation of the Russian Empire—were written by G. V. Vernadsky, and the next four—from the beginning of the 19th to the 20th century inclusive—by M. M. Karpovich.