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Vladimir Kabo

Vladimir Kabo is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vladimir Kabo rather than just read about it. In short: Vladimir Rafailovich Kabo (Russian: Владимир Рафаилович Кабо; 1925, in Moscow – 2009, in Canberra) was a Soviet and Australian ethnographer with a special interest in the religion and culture of the Australian Aborigines and other prehistorical societies. He was a Doctor nauk in Historical Sciences (1970), and the author of seven books.

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Reference excerpt

Vladimir Rafailovich Kabo (Russian: Владимир Рафаилович Кабо; 1925, in Moscow – 2009, in Canberra) was a Soviet and Australian ethnographer with a special interest in the religion and culture of the Australian Aborigines and other prehistorical societies. He was a Doctor nauk in Historical Sciences (1970), and the author of seven books. From 1957 to 1990 he worked at the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography, Leningrad & (from 1977) Moscow.

Early life His friend was Yuri Bregel, and their fathers were professors and co-authors. Kabo was a participant in the World War II on Eastern Front from 1944 and awarded the Order of the Red Star. He suffered from Stalin's repression, but in 1956 he was rehabilitated. He was influenced by the Orthodox priest John Krestiankin.

Education Kabo graduated with honors from the MSU Faculty of History in 1956, and earned his Candidat degree in 1962. He was a student of Sergei Tokarev. He was also taught by Professors Nikolai Rubinshtein and Sergei Bakhrushin. In 1970, he defended his doctoral thesis (based on his first book), at Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography.

Work In 1969 Kabo published his first book, «Происхождение и ранняя история аборигенов Австралии». From 1960 to 1990 he taught at the Saint Petersburg State University. He published in Etnograficheskoe Obozrenie. Lev Gumilev argued with him.

Personal life He was a distant relative of Joel Engel. Kabo was married twice, first to Valentina in 1958. They had a daughter. His second wife was Artyom Vesyoly granddaughter, whom he married in 1983. They had one son. Kabo was friends with Deborah Bird Rose and Kate Rigby.

Migration In the summer of 1989 he and his wife emigrated to Australia.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Vladimir Kabo

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Vladimir Kabo claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Vladimir Kabo before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Vladimir Kabo ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Vladimir Kabo

In research: Vladimir Kabo appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Vladimir Kabo in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Vladimir Kabo is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1925 births, 2009 deaths, Russian prehistorians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Vladimir Kabo outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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