Vigasin, Alexey Alekseevich

He graduated from the History Department of Moscow State University (1969). From 1969 to 1995 he taught at the Department of the History of the Ancient World of Moscow State University. M.A. Lomonosov . Candidate of Historical Sciences (1975) ^[1] . Doctor of Historical Sciences (1995) ^[2] . He gave lecture courses at Moscow State University and the Russian State Humanitarian University (history of the Ancient East, history of India, source studies and historiography), special courses on Indian culture and law, and also taught ancient history and Sanskrit.

Professor, Institute of Asian and African Countries, Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov (since 1998). Head of the Department of History of South Asia (2000-2016), Institute of Asian and African Countries. Emeritus Professor of Moscow University (2005).

Research interests: source study, history of indology, socio-political history of ancient India.

He has published over 100 works in Russian, English, German and other languages. The author of textbooks on the history of the Ancient East for universities and the history of the ancient world for secondary schools. One of the authors of the Great Russian Encyclopedia .

• Et al. with: Impostors A. M. Arthashastra : Problems of social structure and law / Acad. Sciences of the USSR, Institute of Oriental Studies . - M.: Science , Ch. ed. east lit. , 1984. - 253, [2] p.
• Et al. c: Bongard-Levin G. M. The Image of India: The Study of Ancient Indian Civilization in the USSR / G. Bongard-Levin and A. Vigasin . - M .: Progress Publishers , 1984. - 270 p. (eng.)
• Et al. c: Impostors A. M. Society, State and Law in Ancient India / A. Vigasin and AM Samozvantsev. - New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1986.- 238 p. - ISBN 978-0746500088 (English)
• Et al. with: Bongard-Levin G.M. , Bukharin M.D. India and the Ancient World / Ros. Acad. sciences. Institute of Oriental Studies . The center will compare. studying the tree. Civilizations, Mosk. state un-t them. M.V. Lomonosov. Institute of Asian and African countries. - M.: Eastern literature , 2002. - 357, [2] c. - ISBN 978-5-02-018254-7
• India in the Vedic period (Ch. 2) // History of the Ancient East: From early state formations to ancient empires / Ed. A.V. Sedova . - M.: Eastern Literature , 2004 (History of the Ancient East / Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oriental Studies ). - S. 97-152. - ISBN 5-02-018388-1
• Arias / Vigasin A.A. // Ankylosis - Bank. - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 2005. - P. 209. - ( Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 2). - ISBN 5-85270-330-3 .
• Ancient India: from source to history / Moscow State. un-t them. M.V. Lomonosov, Institute of Asian and African countries. - M.: Eastern Literature , 2007. - 388 p.: Ill., K., tab. - ISBN 978-5-02-018554-8
• Studying India in Russia: (essays and materials) / Moscow State. un-t them. M.V. Lomonosov, Institute of Asian and African countries. - M.: Stepanenko, 2008. - 537, [6] p.: Ill., Portr., Fax. - ISBN 978-5-901882-15-3
• Et al. c: Alaev L. B. , Safronova A. L. India. Historical essay // Great Russian Encyclopedia . - T. 11: Plasma Radiation - Islamic Salvation Front. - M .: BDT , 2008. - S. 254—272. - ISBN 978-5-85270-342-2
• Et al. with: Nikolskaya K. D. et al. History and Culture of the Ancient East: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Otv. ed. A.A. Vigasin . - M.: ROSSPEN , 2008 .-- 431 p.: Ill., Col. ill., K. - ISBN 978-5-8243-0865-5 (per.)
• Ivan Pavlovich Minaev in his diaries and letters // Minaev readings: materials of a scientific conference (Tambov, November 25, 2009). - Tambov: TSU them. G.R.Derzhavina , 2010 .-- 229 p. - ISBN 978-5-89016-590-9
• Works of different years. - M.: Stepanenko A. Yu., 2012 .-- 316 p. - ISBN 978-5-901882-44-3
• Kings and gods of ancient India // Ya evam veda ... Who knows so ... In memory of Vladimir Nikolaevich Romanov . - M.: Publishing House of the Russian State Humanitarian University , 2016 (Orientalia et Classica: Proceedings of the Institute of Oriental Culture and Antiquity. - Issue LXI). - S. 53-73. - ISBN 978-5-7281-1777-3
• The author of many articles in scientific journals, including the " Bulletin of Ancient History " ^[3] .

Translations

• Kamandaka . Nichisara IV 7, 1: Ideal Elements of the State // India in the Literary Monuments of the 3rd — 7th Centuries / Comp. E. M. Medvedev. - M.: Publishing House of Moscow State University , 1984. - 168 p.
• Matsya Purana (Excerpts) // History and Culture of Ancient India: Texts / Comp. A.A. Vigasin . - M.: Publishing House of Moscow State University , 1990. - 352 p. - ISBN 5-211-00271-7
• Dharmashastra Narada / Per. et al. with: Samozvantsev A.M. - M .: Oriental literature , 1998. - 256 p. - ISBN 5-02-018025-4
• Arthashastra Kautilla , Manu-smrti , Narada-smrti , Vishnu - smrti , Brihaspati- smrti, Katyayana- smrti, Vijnaneshvara “ Mitaksara ” // Anthology of world legal thought. - In 5 vols. - Vol. 1: Ancient world and Eastern civilizations. - M .: Thought , 1999. - ISBN 5-244-00936-2 , - ISBN 5-244-00935-4

University editions

• Et al. with: Dandamaev M. A. , Kryukov M. V. et al. History of the Ancient East: a textbook for university students enrolled in the direction and specialty “History” / Ed. V.I. Kuzishchina . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M.: Higher School , 1999. - 462 p.: Ill. - ISBN 5-06-003438-0 (First ed. - Moscow: Higher School, 1979)
• Et al. with: Dandamaev M.A. , Kryukov M.V. et al. History of the Ancient East / Ed. V.I. Kuzishchina . - Stereotyped reprint. - M.: Higher School , 2005 (Series: Classical University Textbook). - 462 p.: Ill. - ISBN 5-06-003438-0 ; M .: Higher school , 2007. - ISBN 978-5-06-003438-7
• History of the Ancient East. - 2nd ed., Rev. - M.: Bustard , 2007 .-- 224 p. - ISBN 978-5-358-03270-5
• History of the Ancient East: Materials on historiography / Ed. V.I. Kuzishchina , A.A. Vigasina . - M.: Publishing House of Moscow State University , 1991. - 198, [2] p. - ISBN 5-211-01353-9
• History of the Ancient East: Texts and documents: [Textbook] / Vigasin A.A. , Dandamaev M.A. , Kuzishchin V.I. et al. - M.: Higher School , 2002. - 719 p. - ISBN 5-06-003756-8 .
• Et al. with: Alaev L. B. , Safronova A. L. History of India: a textbook for high schools. - M.: Bustard , 2010 .-- 541 p. - ISBN 978-5-358-04667-2
• Et al. c: Dandamaev M.A. , Kuzishchin V.I. , Aleksandrov B.E. et al. Historiography of the history of the Ancient East. - In 2 volumes. - M.: Higher School , 2008-2009. - 719 + 416 s. - ISBN 978-5-06-005240-4 - ISBN 978-5-06-005592-4
• Et al. with: Berlev O. D. , Giorgadze G. G. et al. Source study of the history of the Ancient East: Textbook for universities with a degree in “History” / Ed. V.I. Kuzishchina . - M.: Higher School , 1984. - 392 p.
• A reader on the history of the Ancient East: Per. from ancient Egypt., Sumer., Akkad., Het., Hebrew, Avestian., Ancient Persian., Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali, ancient Chinese., Greek. and latin. / Mosk. state un-t them. M.V. Lomonosov, Institute of World Culture; Comp. and comment. A.A. Vigasina . - M .: Eastern literature , 1997. - 399, [1] p. : ill. - ISBN 5-02-017942-6 (Per.)

School Books

• Et al. with: Alexandrova N.V. , Budanova V.P. , Chubaryan A.O. et al. The Ancient World: A Book for Reading on History / RAS ; GUGN ; Scientific and educational center for history. - M .: AST : Astrel: Transitbook, 2006 .-- 584 p. - ISBN 5-17-032824-9 - ISBN 5-271-13151-3
• Et al. c: Alexandrova N.V. , Budanova V.P. , Trukhina N.N. , Chaplygina N.A. et al. History of the Ancient World: Book for reading: Grade 5. - M .: Eksmo- press, 1999 .-- 624 p. - ISBN 5-04-003641-8
• Et al. with: Samozvantseva A. S. History of the ancient world: Primitiveness. Ancient East: Experiment. textbook. for the 6th class wednesday textbook. institutions. - M .: Miros, 1992 .-- 111 p. - ISBN 5-7084-0013-7
• Et al. c: Samozvantseva A. S. , Trukhina N. N. History of the ancient world: Primitiveness. Ancient East. Ancient Greece. Ancient Rome: Textbook for grades 5-6 of a comprehensive school. - M.: Russian Word , 1997 .-- 400 p.: Ill. - ISBN 5-7233-0218-3
• Et al. c: Goder G.I. , Sventsitskaya I.S. General History: History of the Ancient World: Grade 5: a textbook for educational institutions. - 8th ed. - M.: Education , 2018 .-- 302 p. - ISBN 978-5-09-052388-2 - ISBN 978-5-09-057236-1 (First edition - M.: Education, 1993)
• Et al. with: Sokolova L.A. , Artyomov V.V. General history. Ancient World History: Grade 5: Notebook for projects and creative works. - 3rd ed. - M .: Education , 2018 .-- 80 p. - ISBN 978-5-09-057281-1 - ISBN 978-5-09-050252-8 (First edition - M .: Education, 2016)
• Et al. with: Goder G.I. , Rtishcheva G.A. History of the Middle Ages: 6: a textbook for the 6th grade of educational institutions. - 2nd ed. - M.: Education , 2007 .-- 287 p. - ISBN 978-5-09-017273-8 (First edition - M.: Education, 2006)

• Page on the site "Annals of Moscow University"
• Publications in the system ISTA MSU
• Vigasin A. A. on the site "National Library Resource".
• List of Russian-speaking Sanskritologists