Mikhail Aleksandrovich Korostostsev ( April 10 (23), 1900 , village of Popovka, Pavlograd district, Ekaterinoslav province - October 12, 1980 , Moscow ) - Soviet Egyptologist , historian of the Ancient East, full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in the Department of History (1974).
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| Place of work | IV of the USSR Academy of Sciences |
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| Academic rank | Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR ( 1974 ) |
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Short Biography
He graduated from the 6th Tiflis Gymnasium in 1919. In high school years corresponded with the famous Egyptologist academician B. A. Turaev . In 1920-1922 he studied at the Polytechnic Institute in Tiflis . He was drafted into the Red Army and served there until 1924. Then he served in the merchant fleet. In 1929 he joined the ranks of the Communist Party .
In 1934 he graduated from the correspondence historical faculty of Azerbaijan University . In 1935 he was invited by academician V.V. Struve to research at the Institute of Oriental Studies . He defended his thesis "Slavery in Egypt in the XVI Dynasty" (1939); in 1943 - doctoral dissertation “Letter and language of ancient Egypt. (Experience of cultural and historical research). ” Since 1943 - scientific secretary of the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow, since 1944 - professor.
In 1944 he was sent to Egypt as a correspondent of TASS and a representative of the USSR Academy of Sciences in the humanities. For trying to escape to England, he was arrested on August 19, 1947 and taken to the USSR; May 29, 1948 convicted under Art. 58-1a of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR for 25 years of forced labor camps. He was prematurely released after a review of the case (January 20, 1955). He worked as a senior research fellow at the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Moscow); Since 1965, he headed the department of the Ancient East. Since 1974 - full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in the Department of History (History of the Foreign East). Honorary member of the French Egyptological Society and the Egyptological Institute in Prague.
Rewards
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (04.22.1980) [1]
- Order of the Badge of Honor
Major works
The author of more than 200 works.
- Un Amun's Journey to Byblos. Egyptian hieratic papyrus number 120 Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin in Moscow / Transl. M.A. Korostovtseva. - M .: mechanical ventilation, 1960 .-- 134 p. - (Monuments of literature of the peoples of the East. Texts. Large series).
- Korostovtskv M.A. Egyptian language. - M .: IVL, 1961 .-- 103 p. - (Languages of the foreign East and Africa).
- Scribes of ancient Egypt. M .: IVL, 1962.174 s. (2nd ed., Ext.: St. Petersburg: The Neva Magazine; Summer Garden , 2001. 368 p.)
- Hieratic papyrus number 127 from the collection of the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin / M.A. Korostovtsev. - M .: IVL, 1961 .-- 72 p.
- Introduction to Egyptian Philology. M., 1963.280 s.
- Grammaire du neoegyptien. M., 1973. 502 p.
- The religion of ancient Egypt. M .: Nauka, 1976.336 s. (2nd ed .: St. Petersburg: Summer Garden, 2001.)
- The Story of Peteis III. Ancient Egyptian prose / Per. M.A. Korostovtseva. M., artist. lit., 1978. 304 p.
See also
- Korostovtsev
Notes
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 22, 1980 No. 1939 — X “On the Awarding of Academician Korostovtsev MA by the Order of Friendship of Peoples” // Vedomosti of the Supreme Council of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. - No. 18 (2040) of April 30, 1980. - Art. 344.
Literature
- Korostovtsev Mikhail Alexandrovich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- Pavlova O.I., Primakov E.M. 80th anniversary of academician M.A. Korostovtsev // Questions of history . 1980. No. 4;
- Korostovtsev Mikhail Alexandrovich [obituary] // Questions of history. 1980. No. 12.
Links
- Profile of Mikhail Alexandrovich Korostovtsev on the official website of the RAS
- Article on the website of the Center for Egyptological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- An article in the bio-bibliographic dictionary "People and Fates"
- Historical background on the website of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Messages in the journal " VDI "
- List of works of M. A. Korostovtsev
- Religion of Ancient Egypt