Sir Dimitri Dimitrievich Obolensky FBA FSA (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Оболенский; 1 April [O.S.

19 March] 1918 – 23 December 2001) was a Russian-British historian who was Professor of Russian and Balkan History at the University of Oxford and the author of various historical works.

"[2] After the Russian Revolution, the Royal Navy helped the Obolensky family to escape from Russia in 1919,[3] together with the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna and the Grand Duke Nicholas.

He was educated in Britain at Lynchmere Preparatory School, Eastbourne, and in France at the Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he distinguished himself with a Blue for lawn tennis and graduated in 1940.

[4] Obolensky's most enduring achievement was The Byzantine Commonwealth (1971), a large-scale synthesis on the cultural influence of the Eastern Roman Empire.