Andrey Rudnitskiy | Andrey Vasilyev | Andrey Tsurkan | Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov | Andrey Vlasov | Andrey Tikhonov | Andrey Sheptytsky | Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky | Andrey Ponochevny | Andrey Markov | Andrey Makarevich | Andrey Lyapchev | Andrey Kolmogorov | Andrey Illarionov | Andrey Boreyko | Andrey Bartenev | '''(ru)''' Andrey Konstantinov | Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies | Andrey Zeits | Andrey Yeshchenko | Andrey Yeryomenko | Andrey Vyshinsky | Andrey Vavilov | Andrey Vasilyevich Martynov | Andrey Svirkov | Andrey Semyonov | Andrey Safaryan | Andrey Petrov | Andrey Paounov | Andrey of Staritsa |
The term was originally coined by Peter Turchin in 2003, and can be traced to the work of such figures as Ibn Khaldun, Jack Goldstone, Sergey Kapitsa, Randall Collins, Peter Turchin, John Komlos, Sergey Nefedov and Andrey Korotayev.