Novoselsky, Alexey Andreevich

Born in the family of a teacher, a state adviser . He graduated from the Tambov men's gymnasium .

In 1915 he graduated from the historical and philological faculty of Moscow University . The student of professor A. I. Yakovlev (1878-1951), was left at the department of Russian history.

In 1918-1930 he worked in the Treasury (now the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts ), in 1922-1930 he was a senior researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences . In 1930-1935, he was the head of the scientific and bibliographic sector of the V.I. Lenin All-Union Library , in 1935-1942 he was the head of the department of the Museum of Anthropology at Moscow University.

In 1938 he was awarded the degree of candidate of historical sciences without defending a dissertation.

Since 1942 he worked at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , where he was the head of the sector of history of the USSR during the feudalism period ( 1950-1951 ), deputy director (1951-1953), head of the source study sector (1953-1963). He headed the publication of the collections “Historical Archive”, “Materials on the History of the USSR”, “Problems of Source Studies”, in which historical sources and studies on problems of source studies were published.

From 1943 - associate professor , in 1946-1967 - professor at the Moscow Historical and Archival Institute (MGIAI). At first he taught at the department of auxiliary historical disciplines , then at the department of history of the USSR of the period of feudalism, which he was in charge of in 1947 - 1949 . Since 1956, he directed the training of graduate students in the Department of the History of the USSR of the pre-Soviet period and was a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute .

He is the author of works on the history of agriculture and foreign policy of Russia of the 17th century, source studies, archival studies. Co-author of the collective works “History of Moscow”, “Essays on the history of the USSR of the period of feudalism”, “Reunification of Ukraine with Russia”, “Peasant war under the leadership of Stepan Razin”, “Documents and materials of the revolution of 1905-1907.”

He was buried at 23 sites of the Vvedensky cemetery in Moscow.

Alexei Andreyevich bequeathed a personal library to his hometown of Tambov , where the publicly available Novoselsky Fund was created in the Regional Scientific Library from more than two thousand valuable books previously owned by the historian.

A student of A. A. Novoselsky, professor A. I. Komissarenko noted his great contribution to the study of the history of Russia of the XVII century:

Focusing on the historical experience of the development of the south, he at the same time comprehensively analyzed government policy on the peasant question; revealed the regional characteristics of serfdom; determined the impact on the internal political course of the struggle of feudal groups, the socio-economic situation prevailing in the southern regions, as well as foreign policy factors and defense needs from the invasion of the Tatar-Turkish hordes.

The teacher of the Historical Archival Institute N. A. Kovalchuk recalled:

A very outstanding personality and a charming person among the teachers was Alexei Andreevich Novoselsky. Very simple in appearance ... with a mustache on the upper lip, with kind, radiant, wide-set eyes, a firm courageous chin, a wide, high, smart forehead. In his second year, he gave lectures and conducted practical classes in paleography and diplomacy. An excellent expert in his field. His lectures were lively, intelligible, interesting. And it would seem that this? Frozen sciences that lost their practical significance with the departure of the Middle Ages. But for history - an invaluable treasure. And he proved this with great interest ... Even more I appreciated his knowledge and ability to transmit it later, in the spring of 1947, in preparation for the state exam. Professor A. A. Novoselsky, who at that time became head of the Department of History of the USSR, gave us lectures on all sections of the course on the history of the USSR and led consultations. Then he turned around in full breadth. The brilliance of his erudition, the ability to bring all the knowledge accumulated by us into the system, to submit them in a harmonious logical sequence enlightened our heads before the exam. We all thanked him from the bottom of our hearts and after each lecture burst into applause.

• The estate and its economy in the XVII century / A. A. Novoselsky. - M.-L., 1929. - 192 p.
• The struggle of the Moscow state with the Tatars in the first half of the XVII century. / A.A. Novoselsky. - M.-L.: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1948 .-- 452 p. (in per.)
• Studies on the history of the era of feudalism: Scientific heritage / A. A. Novoselsky; Comp. L. G. Dubinskaya; Repl. ed. B.V. Levshin ; Reviewers: A. I. Komissarenko , N. K. Tkacheva; The Russian Academy of Sciences. - M .: Nauka , 1994 .-- 224 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 5-02-008645-2 . (region)

• Ustyugov N. V. The creative path of A. A. Novoselsky // Questions of socio-economic history and source studies of the feudal period in Russia: Collection of articles on the 70th anniversary of A. A. Novoselsky. - M .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1961. - 368 p. - 1400 copies.
• Troitsky S. M. In memory of A. A. Novoselsky (1891-1967) // Historical notes . - M .: Nauka, 1968 .-- T. 81 .-- S. 278-281.
• Novoselsky Alexey Andreevich // Big Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
• The nobility and serfdom of Russia XVI-XVIII centuries .: a collection of articles dedicated to the memory of Alexei Andreyevich Novoselsky / otv. ed. N.I. Pavlenko . - M .: Nauka, 1975;
• Troitsky S. M. In memory of A. A. Novoselsky (1891-1967) // Troitsky S. M. Russia in the 18th century: Collection of articles and publications / Ed. Ed .: A. A. Preobrazhensky , A. I. Yuht ; Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences of the USSR . - M .: Nauka, 1982. - S. 81-86. - 256 s. - 11,700 copies.
• Cherepnin L. V. Domestic historians of the XVIII — XX centuries. : Collection of articles, speeches, memoirs. - M .: Nauka, 1984 .-- 344 p.
• Komissarenko A. I. A. A. Novoselsky as a historian of the peasantry of Russia in the 17th century // Soviet historiography of domestic history. Scientists and their works: Interuniversity collection of scientific papers. - M .: MGIAI , 1988 .-- 142 p. - 300 copies.
• Historians of Russia of the XX century: Bibliographic dictionary / Auth. A.A. Chernobaev . Ed. V.A.Dines . - Saratov : Saratov State Socio-Economic University , 2005. - T. 2 (M — Y). - S. 126-127. - 608 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 5-87309-512-4 .

• Memoirs of N. A. Kovalchuk