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==Early life==

==Early life==

Richard Pipes was born in [[Cieszyn]], [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]] to an assimilated Jewish family (whose name had originally been spelled “Piepes” in German spelling, which in pronunciation is the same as the Polish spelling “Pipes” {{awrap|[piˈpes]).}}Pipes, Richard. ”Vixi: Memoirs of a Non-Belonger”. 2006, pp. 14–15 His father {{ill|Marek Pipes|pl|Marek Pipes}} was a businessman and a [[Polish Legions (World War I)|Polish legionnaire]] during World War I.{{cite web |url=http://www.historia.uwazamrze.pl/artykul/774489,949992.html?p=4 |title=Uważam Rze Historia |publisher=Historia.uwazamrze.pl |access-date=2015-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216095659/http://www.historia.uwazamrze.pl/artykul/774489,949992.html?p=4 |archive-date=February 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} He was a co-owner of the chocolate factory Dea in Cieszyn, before he moved to Warsaw in 1929. During the time young Richard attended the {{ill|Synagoga Ahawat Tora|pl|Synagoga Ahawat Tora w Cieszynie}} in Michejda Street.[https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/c/422-cieszyn/120-aktualnosci/139495-cieszyn-zmarl-richard-pipes Cieszyn. Zmarł Richard Pipes. 2018. Polin. Wirtualny Sztetl. 18 May.] By Pipes’s own account, during his childhood and youth, he never thought about the Soviet Union; the major cultural influences on him were Polish and German. When he was age 16, Pipes laid eyes upon [[Adolf Hitler]] at [[Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw|Marszałkowska Street in Warsaw]] when Hitler made a victory tour after the [[Invasion of Poland]].{{cite interview|last=Pipes|first=Richard|interviewer=Jay Nordlinger|title=Need To Know with Mona Charen and Jay Nordlinger|url=http://ricochet.com/podcasts/need-to-know/The-Growling-Bear|date=March 7, 2014}} The Pipes family fled occupied Poland in October 1939 and arrived in the United States in July 1940, after seven months passing through Italy.{{cite book| first = Sergio| last = Romano| year = 2005| title = Memorie di un conservatore| page = 180| publisher = TEA| isbn = 88-304-2128-6}}{{cite web | title=Notes on Professor Richard Pipes | work=Persiancarpetguide.com | url=http://www.persiancarpetguide.com/sw-asia/People/Bio938.htm | access-date=January 28, 2006}} Pipes became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the United States in 1943 while serving in the [[United States Army Air Corps]]. He was educated at [[Muskingum College]], [[Cornell University]], and [[Harvard University]].

Richard Pipes was born in [[Cieszyn]], [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]] to an assimilated Jewish family (whose name had originally been spelled “Piepes” in German spelling, which in pronunciation is the same as the Polish spelling “Pipes” {{awrap|[piˈpes]).}}Pipes, Richard. ”Vixi: Memoirs of a Non-Belonger”. 2006, pp. 14–15 His father {{ill|Marek Pipes|pl|Marek Pipes}} was a businessman and a [[Polish Legions (World War I)|Polish legionnaire]] during World War I.{{cite web |url=http://www.historia.uwazamrze.pl/artykul/774489,949992.html?p=4 |title=Uważam Rze Historia |publisher=Historia.uwazamrze.pl |access-date=2015-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216095659/http://www.historia.uwazamrze.pl/artykul/774489,949992.html?p=4 |archive-date=February 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} He was a co-owner of the chocolate factory Dea in Cieszyn, before he moved to Warsaw in 1929. During the time attended the {{ill|Synagoga Ahawat Tora|pl|Synagoga Ahawat Tora w Cieszynie}} in Michejda Street.[https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/c/422-cieszyn/120-aktualnosci/139495-cieszyn-zmarl-richard-pipes Cieszyn. Zmarł Richard Pipes. 2018. Polin. Wirtualny Sztetl. 18 May.] By Pipes’s own account, during his childhood and youth, he never thought about the Soviet Union; the major cultural influences on him were Polish and German. When he was age 16, Pipes [[Adolf Hitler]] at [[Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw|Marszałkowska Street in Warsaw]] Hitler victory tour after the [[Invasion of Poland]].{{cite interview|last=Pipes|first=Richard|interviewer=Jay Nordlinger|title=Need To Know with Mona Charen and Jay Nordlinger|url=http://ricochet.com/podcasts/need-to-know/The-Growling-Bear|date=March 7, 2014}} The Pipes family fled occupied Poland in October 1939 and arrived in the United States in July 1940, after seven months passing through Italy.{{cite book| first = Sergio| last = Romano| year = 2005| title = Memorie di un conservatore| page = 180| publisher = TEA| isbn = 88-304-2128-6}}{{cite web | title=Notes on Professor Richard Pipes | work=Persiancarpetguide.com | url=http://www.persiancarpetguide.com/sw-asia/People/Bio938.htm | access-date=January 28, 2006}} Pipes became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the United States in 1943 while serving in the [[United States Army Air Corps]]. He was educated at [[Muskingum College]], [[Cornell…