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holding the chair of history at the Novosibirsk State University since 1985. He is
presently Deputy Director for scientific work in the Archaeology and Ethnography
Institute in Akademgorodok which was established in 1990. Scientists research the
historical-cultural processes of the development of the Siberian territory and the
ethnosocial background of societal development of the bronze and iron ages of
Central Asia; the ethnogenesis and ethnicity of tribal histories in Siberia and the
history of the development of the first classes in Siberia and the Far East, and the
connection between the culture of Northern Siberia and the oceanic regions; research
into the traditional culture and ideology of the aboriginal races of Siberia and the Far
East; the traditional material and spiritual culture of the Russian Siberian tribes; and
the restoration of the memorable history and culture of Siberia. (LDA-11378.)
Novosel’tsev, (Novoseltsev) Anatolii P., D. Hist. S. Corresponding member of the
History Department of the Academy since 1984. Since April 1988, he has served as
Director of the History of the USSR Institute in Moscow that was created in 1968. It
is a major source of historical and demographic research in Russia.
Poliakov, Iurii A., D. Hist. S. Born in 1921 in Tashkent. Russian historian.
Corresponding member of the History Department of the Academy since 1966. He
graduated from the history department at Moscow State University in 1945. He has
taught at Moscow University and at the Academy of Social sciences where he has
been a professor since 1970. Since 1949, he has worked at the Institute of History
of the USSR of the AN SSSR. From 1966 to 1969, he was editor-in-Chief of the
journal Istoriia SSSR (History of the USSR). His works deal with the history of
the October Revolution and the Civil War in the USSR, the reconstruction period,
and the history of the Soviet peasantry. (GSE 20, P. 323.)
Sakharov, Andrei N. Corresponding member of the History Department of the
Academy in 1993.
Shchapov, Yaroslav N. Corresponding member of the History Department of the
Academy since December 1987. At the World History Institute, Professor
Shchapov, with others, is researching the “The Role of Religions in History” with
emphasis on the role of religions in the historical development of Europe. (LDA 89-
11378.)
Shishkin, Valerii A. Corresponding member of the History Department of the Academy
since December 1987. (LDA 89-11378.)
Starushenko, Gleb B., D. Iur. S. Born in 1922. Corresponding member since 1984.
Since 1966, he has been Deputy Director of the Africa Institute in Moscow. The
institute was created in 1959 to research the economic, socio-political l,
international, historical l, and cultural l-ethnological problems of the African states.
It coordinates its work with the scientists in the Oriental Institute. It also maintains a
branch in St. Petersburg. Starshenko heads the study and research of social and
class structures in Africa and the revolutionary processes on that continent for the
institute.
Tulepbaev, Baidabek A. Born in 1921. Since 1975, academician of the Social science
Department of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences. Corresponding member of the
History Department of the RAS since 1981. (LDA 89-11378.)
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Organization of Leading Research Institutes:
As can be seen, history in Russia has included ethnography, archaeology, area study
institutes, General history, and history of the Soviet Union. When the entire country
is considered, there are 32 research institutes located in 23 cities that fall under the
broad definitions of what constitutes history in the former Soviet Union. A scanning
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