On June 29, Alexander Mikhailovich Petrov, an employee of the Department of Economic Research of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, passed away. He entered the correspondence postgraduate course of the Institute of Oriental Studies in 1970, combining his studies with work in the State Committee of Prices of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. In 1976, having made a choice in favor of science, he joined the Department of general theoretical problems of socio-political development in Asia and North Africa, and since 1988 he has worked in the Department of Economic Research. Alexander Mikhailovich was a recognized specialist who had high authority among colleagues in such a complex and complex branch of knowledge as economic history. He was distinguished by his great scientific erudition, unconventional thinking, breadth of professional interests, and ability to work out the problems under study in detail and thoroughly. Alexander Mikhailovich was the author of several monographs and dozens of articles, including those translated abroad and made him widely known. For many years, his efforts have created collections of works on theoretical issues of Oriental studies, accumulating the best achievements of Russian science. Alexander Mikhailovich was the compiler and responsible editor of these books, and without his creative and organizational efforts, fundamental works would not have been written and published. Almost everything that came out from under his hand was original and original. In fact, for two decades he was an informal integrator of Oriental studies, bringing together scientists from different fields of knowledge in shock teams to create generalizing scientific works. He himself took on this difficult burden at a difficult time for all Russian science, and only thanks to his efficiency, energy and ability to establish contacts with people, Russian Oriental studies received the best examples of innovative research. page 216Alexan ... Читать далее