On October 20, 2012, Russian orientalists will celebrate the anniversary of Leonid Borisovich Alaev, then Editor-in-Chief of the journal Peoples of Asia and Africa/Vostok, and now Chief Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It was through his efforts that the most interesting theoretical discussions were held on the pages of our magazine at that turbulent time and sometimes prophetic works were published about the then future, but now the modern world order. Leonid Borisovich was one of the organizers and editor of the fundamental six-volume "History of the East", the second volume of which" The East in the Middle Ages " under the editorship of the hero of the day and K. Z. Ashrafyan was published first (1995) and contained the most valuable theoretical chapters on the specifics of medieval Eastern society.
Many researchers have grown up on the books of Leonid Borisovich. Back in 1964, "South India. Socio-economic history of the XIV-XVIII centuries". A decade and a half later, "The social structure of the Indian village (Uttar Pradesh, XIX century)" (1976); " Rural community in Northern India. The main stages of evolution "(1981). A certain result of the study of the structure of the Indian rural community was summed up by the book "L. B. Alaev. The community in his life. The history of several scientific ideas in documents and materials". The breadth of theoretical analysis, thorough knowledge of sources, constant rechecking of their own conclusions, love for clarity of wording and harmony of presentation allowed them to enter the treasury of the Russian Oriental library. In recent years, Leonid Borisovich has written the best Russian textbook " History of India "(co-authored with A. A. Vigasin and A. L. Safronova, 2010) and the fundamental monograph " South India. Communal and political system of the VI-XIII centuries" (2011).
A special place in the work of Leonid Borisovich is occupied by the book "This is how I saw India" published in 1971, which included many " mind of cold observations / And hearts of sorrowful notes " about Indian life in the 1960s, which the hero of the day saw directly during a business trip to the country. Written in an excellent literary language and sometimes full of anecdotal stories about the different perceptions of the world of a second-time foreigner and local residents, the book revives the now-forgotten world of the era that preceded the onset of globalization.
The personality and scientific significance of Leonid Borisovich go far beyond indology - our hero of the day made an invaluable contribution to historical science, and not only to that part of it that calls itself Oriental studies. The thoughts and conclusions of Leonid Borisovich concerning the history of India allow us to evaluate and understand a lot in the general complex of problems and subjects that make up what we call world history.
We wish Leonid Borisovich new creative discoveries, long life and good health.
EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE MAGAZINE " VOSTOK (ORIENS)"
MAIN SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF L. B. ALAEV (2007-2012) 1
Politicheskaya sistemy i politicheskaya kul'tura Indii [Political System and Political Culture of India]. 2nd edition, revised and supplemented, Moscow: Vostok-Zapad Publ., 2007, pp. 485-506.
Communities, corporations and the state in Medieval South India (6th-13th centuries) // 38 IСANAS. 10-15/09/2007 Ankara/ Tbrkiye. Abstracts. P. 318.
History of the East. MOSCOW: ROSMAN PUBL., 2007, 496 p.
Novaya rossiiskaya entsiklopediya, vol. IV (1). Moscow: Entsiklopediya, 2007, pp. 222-224.
Koka Aleksandrovna Antonova (1910-2007) (co-authored with T. N. Zagorodnikova) / / Vostok (Oriens). 2007. No. 4. pp. 216-220.
Kazan Orientalist // East (Oriens). 2008. No. 1. pp. 173-175.
National Liberation Movement in India. Gandhi and Gandhism / / Recent history of Asian and African countries: materials for the lecture course / Scientific Editor. and comp. by S. B. Druzhilovsky, Moscow: MGIMO, 2008, pp. 4-14.
Social history and social anthropology // Problems of historical cognition. Collection of articles / Ed. by K. V. Khvostov, Moscow: IVI RAS, 2008, pp. 107-121.
Chapter 11. Hindu-Muslim conflict in India // Conflicts in the East: ethnic and confessional: A textbook for university students / Ed. A. D. Voskresenskogo, Moscow: Aspect Press, 2008, pp. 347-371.
India. Historical sketch. Sredniye veka i Novoe vremya; Indologiya [Middle Ages and Modern Times; Indology]. Bolshaya rossiiskaya entsiklopediya, vol. 11, pp. 259-265, 313-314.
[Rec.:] E. Yu. Vanina. Medieval Thinking: The Indian version, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura Publ., 2007 // East (Oriens). 2008. No. 1. pp. 178-184.
Smutnaya teoriya i disputnaya praktika: o novykh tsivilizatsionnykh podkhodakh k Vostoke i k Rossii [Vague Theory and Controversial Practice: on the latest civilizational approaches to the East and Russia]. Scientific and theoretical journal. 2008. No. 2(2). pp. 87-112.
India. History of the Middle Ages / / Encyclopedia for children. [Vol. 35]. Moscow: Mir entsiklopedii A, Astrel, 2008. pp. 388-431.
Traditional model of feudalism and "Eastern feudalism" / / Feudalism: concept and realities. Materials of the "round table". Moscow, April 25, 2005. Moscow: IVI RAS, 2008, pp. 239-244.
VI organizational and scientific Congress of Russian Orientalists / / Vostok (Oriens). 2009. No. 2. pp. 143-148 (together with D. D. Vasiliev and B. V. Bazarov).
Universal history from Leonid Sergeevich / / Vostok (Oriens). 2009. No. 2. pp. 209-220.
"He had a happy talent..." / / P. M. Shastitko. The Century is Gone: Scenes from the history of domestic Oriental Studies, Moscow: Vostochny lit., 2009, pp. 3-18.
Modernization of traditional structures. Colonial version (on the example of British India) / / Milestones of the past: Scientific Notes of the Faculty of History. To the anniversary of A. V. Raikov. Lipetsk: LSPU Publ., 2009, pp. 5-20.
Civilizations in a globalizing world. Preliminary results of the interdisciplinary project. Based on the materials of the scientific conference. / Speech/. Moscow: IMEMO RAS, 2009, pp. 134-139.
Medieval dead end / / The Middle Ages. Research on the history of the Middle Ages and early Modern times. Issue 70 (1-2). Moscow: Nauka,
2009. pp. 77-81.
India. History. Early Middle Ages (VI-XII centuries). The Delhi Sultanate period (1206-1526). Mughal Empire (1526-1707). Penetration of Europeans / / Orthodox Encyclopedia, vol. XXII, Moscow, 2009, pp. 563-572.
Pyotr Mikhailovich Shastitko (1923-2009) // East (Oriens). 2010. No. 1. pp. 214-216.
Istoriya Indii [History of India], Moscow: Drofa Publ., 2010, 542 p. (Co-authored with A. A. Vigasin and A. L. Safronova.)
Kolonializm kak mirovno-istoricheskoe yavlenie i kak obekt issledovaniya [Colonialism as a world-historical phenomenon and as an object of research].
Numbers in South Indian medieval inscriptions. How to work with them? // Problems of historical cognition. Collection of articles. Edited by K. V. Khvostov, Moscow: IVI RAS, 2010, pp. 226-239.
Introduction / / " In Russia it is necessary to live long...": In memory of K. A. Antonova, Moscow: East Lit., 2010, pp. 3-10 (together with T. N. Zagorodnikova).
"Sorting out bundles of old letters... "/ / " In Russia one must live long...": In memory of K. A. Antonova, Moscow: East Lit., 2010, pp. 235-267.
Osobennosti indiskoi politicheskoi kul'tury [Features of Indian political Culture]. Politiche-
1 For a list of works published in previous years, see: Oriens. 1992. No. 5. pp. 214-216; 2003. No. 1. pp. 206-207; 2007. No. 5. pp. 212-213.
Politicheskie sistemy, politicheskie kul'tury, politicheskie protsessy [Political systems, political cultures, political processes]. Moscow: Aspekt Press, 2011, pp. 354-357.
South India: Communal and political system of the VI-XIII centuries, Moscow: IV RAS, 2011, 712 p.
The Chinese experiment will explain the riddle of world-historical development / / In search of the "Chinese Miracle". Collection of articles dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Yu. V. Chudodeev, Moscow: IV RAS, 2011, pp. 187-199.
Two newest concepts of the history of the East and the world (O. E. Nepomnin versus L. S. Vasiliev) // In the flow of scientific creativity. To the 80th anniversary of Academician B. S. Myasnikov, Moscow, 2011, pp. 31-51.
Problema sacralnosti tsarnskoy vlasti v drevnoi i srednevekovoi Indii [The problem of sacredness of royal power in ancient and medieval India]. Issue V. Sacred image of the ruler. Kemerovo, 2011, pp. 150-165.
World Historical process: unity in diversity / / Round table: "Multi-factor approach to the study of history as a problem of methodology" / / Vestnik Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo oblastnogo universiteta. Ser."Istoriya i politicheskie nauki". 2011. No. 3. pp. 20-24, 38, 45-48, 53-54.
India before and after the year 800. Delhi Sultanate in the XIII-mid-XIV century. Indian States in the mid-14th - mid-15th centuries // World History, vol. 2. Srednevekovye tsivilizatsii Zapada i Vostoka [Medieval civilizations of the West and East], Moscow: Nauka, 2012, pp. 259-265, 591-598, 676-680.
Two new concepts of the history of the East and the world (O. E. Nepomnin versus L. S. Vasiliev) / / Comparative Politics. 2012. No. 1. pp. 67-82.
About the book by L. E. Grinin and A.V. Korotaev "Cycles, crises, traps of the modern World-System..." / / Historical Psychology and Sociology of History. 2012. No. 1. pp. 213-219.
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