Reznikov, Alexander Borisovich

Born in the family of a lawyer. In 1953 he graduated from the History Department of Kiev State University . In 1953-1955 taught history in secondary rural schools. In 1955-1960 - head of the cabinet of the foundations of Marxism-Leninism in the branch of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in Obninsk . In 1960-1966 - Junior research fellow at the Institute of Asian Peoples of the USSR Academy of Sciences . In 1962 he defended his thesis on the problems of the Chartist movement in England. In 1966, he joined the Institute of the International Labor Movement , where he soon became the head of the sector. In 1975, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the problems of the formation and development of the communist movement in Asia. He was fluent in four western and two eastern languages ^[1] .

He made a significant contribution to the study of the Chartist movement in England and the period of “guided democracy” in Indonesia ^[2] , the activities of the Asian Communist Parties ( India , Indonesia , the Philippines ), to the study of the strategy and tactics of the Communist International , the history and theory of the international labor movement , and the history of the Islamic revolution in Iran ^[3] . The only researcher to predict the events of September 30, 1965 in Indonesia ^{[4] [5]}

• Medal " For Labor Distinction "

In March 1982, a scientific conference in memory of A. B. Reznikov was held at the Institute of the International Labor Movement

• On the Chartist movement in 1842 // New and Recent History, 1960, No. 5, pp. 64-75.
• Chartists and the League against the Corn Laws in 1842 / In the book: Chartism. - M.: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1961. - S. 223–282.
• V. I. Lenin on the national liberation movement, Lenin's revision of “Additional Theses” by M. N. Roy to the 2nd Congress of the Comintern. // "Communist", 1967, No. 7, S. 91-102.
• Indonesia. / TSB Yearbook, 1967. - S. 275-278.
• The party is political. / Soviet Historical Encyclopedia. T. 10. - M., 1967. - S. 896-904.
• The struggle of V.I. Lenin against sectarian perversions in the national-colonial issue. // "Communist", 1968, No. 5, S. 36-47.
• Two documents - two courses in the communist movement of Indonesia. // "Peoples of Asia and Africa", 1968, No. 1, S. 35-50.
• The peoples of Asia and Africa during the global economic crisis of 1929-1933 - S. 244-307 (together with K.V. Kukushkin).
• The movement for a united anti-imperialist front against fascism and war (1934-1939) / in the book: Awakening of the oppressed. - M .: Nauka, 1968 .-- S. 307-417.
• On the strategy and tactics of the Communist International on the national-colonial issue. - In the book: Comintern and East. - M.: Nauka, 1969 .-- S. 109-173.
• Indonesia during the period of “guided democracy”. - M .: Nauka, 1969 .-- 196 p. (together with A. Yu. Drugov ).
• The first class battle of the proletariat of England. 1842 year. - M .: Nauka, 1970 .-- 309 p.
• The affirmation and crisis of "guided democracy." / In the book: National Liberation Movement in Indonesia. - M .: Nauka, 1970, S. 237–292. (together with A. Yu. Drugov).
• From the history of the preparation by V. I. Lenin of resolution 2 of the Congress of the Comintern on the national-colonial issue. // "Peoples of Asia and Africa", 1971, No. 2, S. 40-53.
• Asia / In: International Labor Movement. - M.: Politizdat, 1971. —— S. 331—372. (together with L.A. Fridman).
• On the history of the development of the new policy of the Communist Party of the Philippines (second half of the 30s). // "Peoples of Asia and Africa", 1974, No. 5, S. 54-65.
• From the history of the Communist Party of India : the first years. // "Peoples of Asia and Africa", 1975, No. 5, S. 50-66.
• Comintern and issues of strategy of the Communist Party of Indonesia . 1920-1926 // "Peoples of Asia and Africa", 1976, No. 6, S. 60-75.
• In the book: International Labor Movement, questions of history and theory. T. 1. - M .: Thought, 1976. - Auth. sections: The emergence of a politically independent labor movement, p. 286-355; The working class in the European revolutions of 1848-1849, p. 398-486; The proletariat and the liberation struggle of the oppressed peoples, p. 599-605; T. 2. - The international socialist movement and the liberation struggle of peoples, S. 529-546.
• Strategy and tactics of the Communist International on the national-colonial issue. Problems of theory and history. - M .: Politizdat , 1978.- 343 p.
• Iran The fall of the shah’s regime. - M .: Politizdat, 1983 .-- 160 p.