Degtyarev, Alexander Yakimovich

Born in the family of the captain of a hydrographic ship. In 1964 he graduated from a school in Pevek with a gold medal and entered the Faculty of History of Leningrad State University , where his teachers were professors A.L. Shapiro , V.V. Mavrodin , S.N. Valk and others.

In 1965-1969 he was a fighter, brigadier, detachment commander, commander of the district student construction detachment in Kazakhstan and the Leningrad Region. Secretary of the Komsomol organization of the Faculty of History of Leningrad State University, Deputy Secretary of the Komsomol Committee of the University (1966-1967); the commander of the headquarters of student construction teams of Leningrad State University, a member of the bureau of the Leningrad regional headquarters of the SSO (1968-1970). After graduation (1969) he served in the Soviet Army . Secretary of the Komsomol organization of the Third Guards Red Banner Krasnoselsky separate reconnaissance artillery division (1970-1971), member of the CPSU since 1970.

After graduating from the graduate school of Leningrad State University in 1972 under the guidance of A. L. Shapiro, he taught Russian history there. The great historians of Moscow and Leningrad had a great influence on the formation of A. Ya. Degtyarev as a scientist: V. L. Yanin , A. A. Zimin , A. G. Mankov , A. I. Kopanev , R. G. Skrynnikov , S. O. Schmidt , Yu. G. Alekseev , I. Ya. Froyanov , A.N. Kirpichnikov .

Candidate of Historical Sciences (1973, dissertation "Local tenure and economy of Novgorod lands in the XVI century"), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D, 1974) ^{[ specify ]} , Doctor of Historical Sciences (1981, the dissertation “Rural resettlement in the Russian state of the XV — XVII centuries” / “Rural resettlement of feudal Russia. Main features and development factors”).

For 10 years he taught at the Faculty of History of the Leningrad University: assistant, senior lecturer, associate professor . Deputy Secretary of the Party Bureau of the History Department of Leningrad State University (1973-1975), Deputy Secretary, Acting Secretary of the Party Committee of LSU (1975-1980).

Since 1980, deputy head, since 1982 head of the department of science and educational institutions of the Leningrad City Committee of the CPSU. Member of the Leningrad city and regional committees of the CPSU, deputy of the Leningrad City Council (1984-1988). Head of the department of science and educational institutions, member of the bureau, secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU (1986-1988). Since 1988, the first deputy head, in 1990-1991 - the head of the Ideological Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU . Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU since July 1990, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the RSFSR (1990-1991).

In the 1990s, he worked as the chief scientific associate of the Analytical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the general director of several publishing houses (Passport International, Military Parade, CJSC Publishing House PARAD), and an expert of the Federation Council . He was a member of the academic councils of the Analytical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1992–2006) and the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1995–2000).

Member of the All-Union Geographical Society (since 1979), full member of the Academy of Political Sciences (1997), vice president of the Academy of Russian Literature (since 1997), deputy chairman of the International Union of Book Lovers (since 2002), plenipotentiary representative of the Palestinian Orthodox Church Abroad in Russia (since 2003).

Chairman of the editorial board of the Military Parade magazine (1996-2001); Editor-in-chief of the magazine "Two Capitals" (1997-2008). Member of the editorial boards of the magazines Aurora (1988-1992), Aerospace Journal (1996-2001), Power (since 2003), Russian Ex-libris Magazine (since 2014) and Bulletin of Marinists and Bulletin (since 2016) ) Since 2003 - Member of the Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Russian Emigration, published by the RAS.

Member of the Advisory Board of the Central Administrative District on Interethnic Relations (2003-2010). Since 2011, he has been included in the Public Scientific and Methodological Advisory Council at the CEC of Russia .

Advisor to the Chairman of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation . Member of the Central Council of the All-Russian Public Movement "Russia" ^[1] . Member of the Archaeographic Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1999) and the Scientific Council of the Russian Military Historical Society (since 2012) ^[2] .

In the doctoral dissertation of A. Ya. Degtyarev, based on an analysis of the characteristics of more than 100,000 rural settlements of medieval Russia, extracted from scribe and census books , acts of various kinds, a new concept was developed for the evolution of rural settlement in the Russian state from ancient times to the eve of Peter's reforms .

Socially significant is the activity of a scientist on the popularization of domestic history. He wrote repeatedly reprinted books about the formation of the Old Russian state, the fight against the Horde yoke, the exploits of Alexander Nevsky, the formation of the Russian centralized state, the history of the Russian coat of arms and flag, the history of the Patriotic War of 1812 and the First World War.

The researcher’s achievement should be considered the publication of the fundamental work of academician M.K. Lyubavsky , a student of V.O. Klyuchevsky , rector of Moscow Imperial University (1911-1917), "The History of Russian Colonization from Ancient Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century" , and then reprinted of many of his other works.

State, government and departmental

• 1970 medal "For Valiant Labor"
• 1980 Order of the Badge of Honor
• 1990 Order of the Red Banner of Labor
• 1997 medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow"
• 1997 medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "For the strengthening of the military community
• 1999 Diploma of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for successful participation in the competition for the State Prize named after G.K. Zhukova
• 2000 Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science
• 2002 medal "200 years of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia"
• 2003 medal "200 years to the Ministry of Defense"
• 2003 medal “In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg”
• 2013 Gratitude of the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
• 2013 medal "20 years of the Federation Council"
• 2014 Gratitude of the Chairman of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
• 2017 anniversary mark commemorating the 385th anniversary of the entry of Yakutia into the Russian state

Church Awards and Imperial House Awards

• 2003 Order of the Holy Right Prince Daniel of Moscow
• 2005 Golden Sign of a Foreign Palestinian Orthodox Society
• 2006 Order of St. Nicholas with swords

Public awards

• 1967 certificate of honor of the Komsomol Central Committee
• 1976 Badge of honor of the Komsomol Central Committee "For active work in the Komsomol"
• 1999 medal "To the zealot of enlightenment" of the Academy of Russian literature
• 2005 medal of the International Union of Book lovers " Ivan Fedorov "
• 2009 medal of the Russian society “Knowledge” “To the Devotee of Education. In honor of the 300th anniversary of M.V. Lomonosov "
• 2012 first prize of the All-Russian journalistic competition "Borodin Day"
• 2014 medal of the Moscow Council of Veterans "In memory of the 700th anniversary of the birth of St. and Blessed St. Sergius of Radonezh "

Books

• Local land tenure and the economy of Novgorod lands in the XVI century: Abstract of Cand. diss. L., 1973.
• Russian village in the XV-XVII centuries. (Essays on the history of rural settlement). L .: Publishing house of Leningrad State University, 1980.
• From Kalki to Ugra. L .: Children's literature , 1980.
• Rural resettlement in the Russian state of the XV — XVII centuries. (main features and development factors): Abstract doctor. diss. L., 1981.
• The beginning of the Fatherland. L., 1982.
• Russian feudal land tenure: from the "Time of Troubles" to the eve of Peter's reforms. L .: Publishing house of Leningrad State University, 1986.- 244 p. (in co-authorship with V. M. Vorobyov)
• Novgorod village in the reform of 1861. - L.: Publishing House of Leningrad State University, 1987 .-- 280 p. (et al; reprinted in English in the USA in 1992)
• The difficult age of the Russian kingdom. L., 1988.320 s.
• The Neva Battle of Moscow: Children's Literature, 1989, 230 p.
  • Neva battle. The battle of 1241 Novgorod troops led by Prince Alexander Yaroslavich with the Swedes / A. Ya. Degtyarev, V. Tsikota. - 2nd ed. - L .: Children's literature, LO, 1991. - 156 p. : col. silt - 3. - ISBN 5-08-000272-7
• Defender of the Fatherland. L., 1990. 110 sec (2nd ed. Minsk, 1991)
• Degtyarev A. Ya., Dubov I.V. Beginning of the Fatherland: historical essays / scientific. rec. R. F. Its ; Ill .: A. Benedsky. - M .: Soviet Russia , 1990. - 382, ​​[2] p. : ill. - ISBN 5-268-01146-4
• History of the Russian flag. M., 1994, 45 p.
• History of the Russian flag. Paris, 1997, 143 pp.
• Selected works on Russian history. T. 1, M., 2006.531 s. (2nd ed. New York: Northern Cross, 2008)
• Selected works on Russian history. T. 2, M., 2006.374 s. (2nd ed. New York: Northern Cross, 2008, 324 p.)
• Symbols of the Fatherland. M., 2015, 70 p. (et al.)
• The Kulikovo battle - M., 2015, 124 p.
• In defense of the old general (General M.V. Alekseev and the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II). M., 2017, 27 p.
• State symbols of modern Russia. M .: Edition of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, M., 2017, 415 p. (et al.)

Articles

• The problem of the origin of the Old Russian state in the writings of V.V. Mavrodin (et al.) // Genesis and development of feudalism in Russia L., 1983. P. 3-13.
• Rural resettlement of feudal Russia: deterrents (in English) // Soviet Geography. 1984. No. 9. R. 695 (Scripta, USA).
• Land ownership of Novgorod pyatins // Agrarian history of the North-West of Russia in the XVII century. L., 1984.
• Commentary on Article 3 of Russian Truth // Genesis and development of feudalism in Russia. Problems of ideology and culture. L., 1987.
• Preface to the book: Kurbatov G. L. , Frolov E. D. , Froyanov I. Ya. Christianity: Antiquity, Byzantium, Ancient Russia. // L., 1988.
• Academician M.K. Lyubavsky and his legacy (et al.) // Lyubavsky M.K. Essay on the history of Russian colonization from ancient times to the X century. M., 1996.
• The last rector of tsarist Russia (On the fate of the historian M.K. Lyubavsky) // Independent newspaper . 1997. March 20 (Exlibris "NG"; No. 4).
• Alexander L. Shapiro - historian, source specialist, historiographer: Sketch of a creative portrait (On the occasion of the 90th birthday) (co-authored) // Archaeographic Yearbook for 1998. M .: Nauka, 1999.
• Preface to the last Russian edition of the twentieth century // Marx K. , Engels F. Manifesto of the Communist Party . M .: Vagrius, 1999.
• From the publisher. Foreword // Kalashnikov. M .: Parade, 2004.
• Preface // M. Lyubavsky. History of the Western Slavs. M., 2004.
• Academician M.K. Lyubavsky - publicist // Power. 2006. No. 6.
• Letter from Academician M.K. Lyubavsky (1934) to the USSR Prosecutor regarding the "Academic Affairs". / In memory of Academician Sergei Fedorovich Platonov: research and materials / ed. ed. A. Yu. Dvornichenko , S.O. Schmidt . St. Petersburg, 20111.P. 220—227.
• Notes on the fields of the history of the Patriotic War of 1812. // Our Heritage 2012, No. 103
• And again in the courtyard or in cramped and resentful (about the fate of the monument to Alexander III) // Literary Newspaper , No. 3, October 3–9, 2012, p. eleven
• General Alekseev: tragedy without triumph. // Our Heritage, 2014, No. 10 p. 24-29.
• The legacy of Eurasianism and modernity // Eurasianism. Research and publications. M., 2014, S. 6-9. (et al.)
• The Neva battle: place and significance // "Power" 2015, No. 11, p. 171-176
• Victory Banner // "Power", 2015, No. 5. (co-authored with N. A. Soboleva )
• Russian Pravda short edition: the story of birth. // Ancient Russia in time, personalities and ideas. SPb., 2016
• Worldwide responsiveness or long-standing deadly disease. // “Russian News”, May 20−30, No. 7
• General M.V. Alekseev and the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II // "Power", 2017, No. 12, pp. 121-133.
• Meyerberg's album as evidence of evolution in the tax system of the Russian state in the 17th century. // Abstracts of the 26th session of the symposium on the agrarian history of Eastern Europe. // Bryansk, 2018.

Editing

• Alekseev Yu. G. Liberation of Russia from the Horde yoke. L., 1989.
• Skrynnikov R. G. Saints and authorities. L., 1990.
• Lyubavsky M.K.Essay on the history of Russian colonization. M., 1996.
• Gray M. My father is General Denikin. M., 2003.
• Central Committee (RSDLP-RCP (b) -VKP (b) -KPSS) 1917-1991: Historical and Biographical Reference. M., 2005.

• Proceedings of the Central Committee of the CPSU . 1990. No. 10.