I met Anatoly Zakharovich Yegorin back in 1976 in Tripoli, when I arrived there on a business trip as the first secretary of the USSR Embassy. During the four years of joint work, we have experienced a lot - the "Four-Day War" between Libya and Egypt, the proclamation of the Jamahiriya, the rapid development of Soviet-Libyan relations, attempts by the National Front for the Salvation of Libya to resort to terrorism, including against Russian diplomats working in the country, and much more. A. Z. Yegorin was remarkable for his ability to analyze incoming information, draw conclusions, and quickly and clearly prepare draft messages sent by the Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. No less important for the life of the small embassy, which consisted of only two dozen diplomats, was his ability to get along with people, rally them around him, and be the soul of the team in the full sense of the word.

The fate of A. Z. Egorin is unusual. He was born on February 15, 1931 in the village of Ostraya Luka, Bryansk region. In the autumn of 1941, when the Germans occupied the Bryansk region, Tolya's father Zakhar Klimovich Yegorin became one of the leaders of the partisan movement, heading the underground Suzemsky district executive committee and being the deputy commander of the brigade "For the Power of Soviets". Tolya, along with other children, was sent to the rear. On the way, they were attacked by a German plane. The Messerschmidt pilot saw that the truck was carrying children, but he returned again and again, making round after round until he had shot them all. Only two people escaped - Yegorin and another boy, who managed to hide under the truck. When the fighter flew away, they went into the forest, where they came across one of the Red Army units. So Tolya became the "son of the regiment". On June 24, 1945, he participated in the Victory Day Parade on Red Square.

The years of study dragged on - the Tula Suvorov Military School, the Odessa anti-aircraft Artillery School, and service in the Soviet Army. And then his life moves into a new direction - A. Z. Egorin enters the Faculty of Journalism of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, where he graduated in 1960. Later, Anatoly Zakharovich receives a second higher education at the Diplomatic Academy.

In 1965-1971, he was a correspondent for the Novosti Press Agency in the United Arab Republic. These were difficult years for Egypt - the defeat in the" Six-Day War "with Israel in 1967, the" War of Attrition " of 1969-1970, in which Soviet air defense divisions and Soviet aviation take part, the death of President Gamal Abdel Nasser in September 1970, and the coming to power of President Anwar Sadat. Yegorin does not sit in a relatively safe Cairo, but goes to places to receive information that is then sent to the APN. Evidence of his participation in the events that took place was the commemorative badge of a veteran of the war in Egypt, which was awarded to Anatoly Zakharovich. In 1974-1980. a new business trip abroad - this time as first secretary, then adviser to the Embassy of the USSR in Libya.

As the years tick by, it's time to leave the civil service and retire. And here fate takes a new turn: A. Z. Yegorin goes to work at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences, where he defends his doctoral dissertation and passes all the official levels, starting with a researcher and ending with a deputy director. Currently, A. Z. Yegorin is the head of the Russian-Arab Dialogue Center and a senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

As a scientist, he made a significant contribution to Soviet and Russian Arabic studies, as well as to the development of scientific ties with a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa, with the Arab Organization for Education, Science and Culture. A. Z. Egorin is one of those specialists who came to Arabic studies with solid practical experience in the field of foreign languages. as a journalist and diplomat. For 30 years of scientific activity, he has published 26 monographs and more than 500 articles in scientific publications, in Soviet, Russian and foreign periodicals

on the situation in the Middle East, the crises in the Persian Gulf, the past and present of Egypt, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Russian-Arab relations, not counting several hundred speeches on domestic and foreign TV and radio channels. Anatoly Zakharovich was the executive editor of 25 collections. He is the author of 30 documentaries about Arab countries. Two of his monographs - "The History of Libya-the 20th century" and "Egypt of our Time" - were translated into Arabic and published in Beirut in 2003 and Cairo in 2007, respectively.

In his works, A. Z. Yegorin researched fundamental issues of the history of socio-economic development, domestic and foreign policy of the states of the Middle East and North Africa. In the early 1990s, he strongly opposed the policy of curtailing Soviet-Arab cooperation and indiscriminately denigrating its results. A. Z. Yegorin's monograph " Russia and the Arab World in the XXI Century "(Kazan, 2007) has become one of the few scientific works that objectively analyze the current state and forecast the development of relations between the Russian Federation and the countries of the Middle East and the Maghreb in the situation that has developed after leaving the historical scene of the Soviet Union.

A number of works by A. Z. Egorin are devoted to Libya, which was given six years of his life. Among them is the book " The History of Libya. XX century", which was the first study of this topic in the Russian scientific literature, based on previously unpublished documentary and archival materials from Russia, Libya, and a number of European and Arab countries. His major work "Senussis in the History of Libya (1843-1969)", written jointly with G. V. Mironova, examines the activities of this religious and political order, which led a long struggle against the colonial expansion of European powers, culminating in the independence of Libya in 1951. The authors used a wide range of sources in Russian and foreign languages, including archival ones documents and memoirs. This work was the first comprehensive study of Senusism in Russia, published in a separate book. In 2009, A. Z. Yegorin's book "Muammar Gaddafi" was published, which is the first fundamental work in Russia dedicated to the leader of the Libyan revolution, in which the author gave his vision of the Libyan revolution and the personality of its leader. Circle of works of A. Z. Yegorina is not limited to scientific research, but also includes textbooks, such as" United Arab Emirates: geography, history, population", which is designed for students and teachers.

Of particular note is his latest monograph, Heroics and Sorrow of the Bryansk Forest, published in 2010. IV RAS with the assistance of the Presidential Commission on Countering attempts to falsify history to the detriment of Russia's interests. The purpose of this work is to perpetuate the memory of Z. K. Yegorin and his colleagues in the fight against the fascist invaders and at the same time tell the truth about the history of the partisan struggle in the Bryansk region - a history that some are now trying to distort, rewrite in a different way. The work contains eyewitness accounts, archival and other materials about the struggle of patriots against the fascist occupation. The chapter "The North African Campaign of 1940-1943" written by him in the collective monograph "The USSR and the Countries of the East during the Second World War", published for the 65th anniversary of the Victory in 2010, is also devoted to the events of the war years. Institute of Oriental Studies with the assistance of the Commission for Countering Attempts to Falsify History.

A. Z. Yegorin maintains close contacts with scientists from many Russian regions, including Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, where he has repeatedly delivered courses of lectures to students.

A. Z. Yegorin actively participates in public life. He is President of the Society of Friends of Mauritania, Vice-President of the Society of Friends of Egypt, a member of the Council of War Veterans in Egypt and the Skobel Committee, as well as the Union of Journalists, and a full member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society. Anatoly Zakharovich became an academician of the International Academy of Informatization in 1996 and an Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in 1997.

A. Z. Yegorin was awarded the Orders of the Red Star and For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR and 30 medals, including the medal "For Victory in the Great Patriotic War", the Egyptian medal "Arab-Soviet Friendship" and the Libyan gold medal "For contribution to strengthening Libyan-Soviet cooperation".

MAIN SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF A. Z. EGORIN

Intraregional military-economic relations of the countries of the Near and Middle East, Moscow: Nauka Publ., 1982, 88 p. (in Russ.) (co-authored with S. B. Bagdasarov and A. N. Chavushyan).

Scales and structure of military expenditures in the Middle East, Moscow: Nauka Publ., 1983, 88 p. (in Russian). (co-authored with S. B. Bagdasarov and A. N. Chavushyan).

Military and economic characteristics of the countries of the Near and Middle East, Moscow: Nauka Publ., 1984, 88 p. (co-authored with S. B. Bagdasarov and A. N. Chavushyan).

Near and Middle East in aggressive plans of imperialism, Moscow: Znanie Publ., 1986, 42 p.

Problems of the Middle East, Moscow: Znanie Publ., 1986, 46 p.

The question of socialist-oriented countries of the Arab East in the light of the new political thinking. M.: Znanie, 1988. 26 s

Liviyskaya revolyutsiya [The Libyan Revolution], Moscow: Nauka Publ., 1989, 266 p.

Stages of political and socio-economic development of Libya (1969-1987). Moscow: Nauka, 1989. 34 p.

The crisis in the Persian Gulf and its Impact on the Middle East Situation, Moscow: Znanie Publ., 1990. 41 p.

Russia and Arab countries: Problems and prospects of cooperation, Moscow, 1994, 165 p. (co-authored with V. A. Isaev and A. O. Filonik).

Livia: 25 Years of Revolution, Moscow: ITAR-TASS, 1994, 26 p. (co-authored with S. E. Babkin).

Russia and Arab countries: Problems and prospects of cooperation, Moscow: IV RAS, 107 p.

War for Peace in the Middle East, Moscow: IV RAS; IIIBV, 1995, 135 p. (in Russian)

Livia, Moscow: Military University, 1995, 242 p. (sovm. from the CA. Vorobyov).

Sovremennaya Liviya [Modern Libya], Moscow: IV RAS Publ., 1996, 341 p. (in Russian).

United Arab Emirates, Moscow: IV RAS; IIIBV, 1997. 286 p. (together with V. A. Isaev).

The War for the Middle East World, Moscow: Nauka Publ., 1997, 168 p. (sovm. with H. Abdel Hamid).

Egypt of our Time, Moscow: IV RAS, 1988, 348 p.

History of Libya. XX century. Moscow: IV RAS, 1999. 563 p.

United Arab Emirates. Geografiya, istoriya, naselenie [Geography, History, population], Moscow: IV RAS, 2001, 107 p.

Tarikh Libiyah-Al-Qarn al-ishrun (History of Libya. 20th century). Beirut: Dar al-maarif, 2003, 560 p.

Senussis in the history of Libya, Moscow: IV RAS, 2006, 432 p. (co-authored with G. V. Mironova).

Russia and the Arab world in the XXI century. Kazan: KSU Publ., 2007, 480 p.

Mysr fi asrina al-hadith (Modern Egypt). Al-Qahira: Ma'arif, 2007, 454 p.

Muammar Gaddafi, Moscow: IV RAS, 2009, 464 p.

Heroika i pechal Bryanskogo lesa [Heroics and sadness of the Bryansk Forest], Moscow: IV RAS, 2010, 460 p.

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