Leonid Borisovich Alaev (Russian: Леонид Борисович Алаев; 20 October 1932 – 31 July 2023) was a Soviet and Russian historian and indologist,[1] Doctor of Sciences in Historical Sciences, principal researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations,[2] and honorary professor at the Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University.[3]

Leonid Alaev
Born
Leonid Borisovich Alaev

(1932-10-20)20 October 1932
Died31 July 2023(2023-07-31) (aged 90)
Moscow, Russia
EducationDoctor of Historical Sciences
Alma materMSU Faculty of History
Institute of Asian and African Countries
OccupationHistorian
Employer(s)Institute of Practical Oriental Studies
Institute of Asian and African Countries
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University

Alaev was the editor of Oriens (1988–1999).[1][2]

Life and career

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Leonid Borisovich Alaev was born on 20 October 1932.[4] He graduated from the Faculty of History at Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1954.[3][5] Since 1956, he was working at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[3]

In 1960, he defended his candidate's dissertation.[3] In 1982, he defended his doctoral dissertation.[3] In 1986, he received the title of professor.[3]

Alaev was the author of about 250 works.[3] He published in the Great Russian Encyclopedia and the Cambridge Economic History of India.

His work has been reviewed by Alexander Gordon[6] and Gennady Drach.[7] He was a friend of Leonid Vasilyev.[8]

Leonid Alaev died in Moscow on 31 July 2023, at the age of 90.[4][9]

References

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  1. ^ a b https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=36819498
  2. ^ a b "Алаев Л. Б." www.socionauki.ru.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Сотрудники Института востоковедения РАН". ivran.ru.
  4. ^ a b "Leonid B. Alaev" (PDF). Ivran.ru. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Космос, война, Александр Невский — и это предмет для гордости? | Газета СФУ "Сибирский форум. Интеллектуальный диалог"".
  6. ^ Владимирович, Гордон Александр (3 August 2020). "История мировой индологии в современной историографии". Социальные и гуманитарные науки. Отечественная и зарубежная литература. Сер. 9, Востоковедение и африканистика: Реферативный журнал (3): 123–156 – via cyberleninka.ru.
  7. ^ https://lk.ivran.ru/media/16149.pdf
  8. ^ "НОВЕЙШАЯ ИСТОРИЯ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЙ АЗИИ". Kas.de. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Алаев Леонид Борисович (20 октября 1932 г. – 31 июля 2023 г.)". Ivran.ru. Retrieved 6 August 2023.