Sofia Davidovna Miliband (Russian: Софья Давидовна Милибанд; 17 July 1922, Moscow – 12 February 2017, Moscow)[1] was a Russian Orientalist and Iranist, author, Doctor of Sciences of history and bibliography.
She was born to David Osipovich Miliband and his wife.
Her ancestor Mikhl was a cantonist in Tallinn, while other ancestors lived at Warsaw.
She graduated from the oriental studies department of the MSU Faculty of History and became a research fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences working as an Iranist.
She is a second cousin of British Labour Party politicians, David and Ed Miliband.