On April 6, 2011, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted an International Scientific Memorial Conference dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Professor Yu. V. Gankovsky, organized by the Institute's Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies. In addition to employees of the Institute of Information Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, scientists from abroad, representatives of scientific and educational institutions in Moscow and other Russian cities, employees of federal ministries and departments participated in its work. V. Ya. Belokrenitsky (Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences) noted the major contribution that Yu.V. Gankovsky made to the development of Russian Oriental studies, primarily in such areas as Afghanistan and Pakistani studies. Having started working at the Institute in 1956, Yu. V. Gankovsky showed himself as a person who was selflessly devoted to science. In a short time, he prepared a brilliant PhD thesis, which became the basis of his first monograph, " Empire page 169 Durrani. Essays on Administrative and Military History "(Moscow, 1958). Written using a large number of sources, including in Persian, the monograph, according to the speaker, is still not outdated and can be republished to better understand the history of the first Afghan state. Starting with Afghanistan, Yu. V. Gankovsky soon switched to studying the problems of Pakistan. His articles were followed in 1960 by his book "The Political Situation in Pakistan", written jointly with V. N. Moskalenko. A year later, The History of Pakistan (Moscow, 1961) was published in collaboration with L. R. Gordon-Polonskaya. The English edition of the book has taken a prominent place in the main stream of world literature in this country. One can only be surprised, the speaker noted, by the great ability to work and research talent of Yu. V. Gankovsky, who prepared two more fundamental scientific wor ... Читать далее