As you know, history is a science that is most dependent on "times and morals." Those who choose to study it are a life-long affair. It is especially difficult for scientists whose activities occur during periods of sharp changes in the political and economic course of the state where they live.
One of those who successfully passed the entire test, retaining the face and respect of colleagues, including abroad, is academician Chubaryan.
A family
Chubaryan Alexander Oganovich was born in Moscow, 1931, in an Armenian family. The father of the historian - Ogan Stepanovich - was a librarian, known in scientific circles far beyond the borders of the Soviet Union. O.S. Chubaryan wrote many books, had a doctorate in pedagogical sciences. For 10 years he served as editor-in-chief of the collection “Libraries of the USSR”, and from 1969 to 1972 he was. about. Director of the library named after V.I. Lenin. An interesting fact - while being treated at one of the hospitals of the besieged Leningrad, the young scientist regularly ran away from there in order to find information in the library to them after a couple of hours. M. Saltykov-Shchedrin for his dissertation on the appearance of the first technical books of Russia in the era of Peter the Great.
Study
In 1955, Alexander Oganovich Chubaryan graduated with honors from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University, and after 4 graduated from the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences. For his thesis and dissertation for the degree of candidate of sciences, the young scientist chose a topic that reveals some details of the signing of the Brest Peace of 1918.
Career
In 1958, A. Chubaryan was enlisted as a junior research fellow at the Institute of History (IVI RAS). He worked there until 2015, i.e. more than 57 years. For the last 18 years, the scientist was the director of the IVI RAS.
In 1971, Chubaryan became a doctor of historical sciences. His dissertation dealt with the study of the role of V.I. Lenin in the formation of Soviet foreign policy.
Other scientific and career achievements of Alexander Oganovich include activities as the scientific secretary of the History Department of the USSR Academy of Sciences, teaching at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 1994, Alexander Oganovich Chubaryan became a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (academician since 2000).
Social and scientific activities
For many years, the scientist was vice-president of the International Committee of Historical Sciences, a member of the Commission for Religious Associations, co-chairman of the working group of Russian and Austrian historians, the first rector of GAUGN, etc.
Books and publications
A. Chubaryan is the author of more than three hundred and fifty scientific works. Among them, the books “The European Idea in History in the 19-20th Centuries” (published in English and German translations in Great Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany), “The Brest Peace”, “Europe in the 20th Century: History and Prospects”, etc., were of particular interest.
In 2006, a history textbook was published by A. Chubaryan, E. Pivovar and A. Danilov. He became the subject of controversy among educators and public figures. The fact is that some reviewers saw in it a return to political ideas that developed in the 1920s. In particular, according to critics of the textbook, one of the authors of which is Alexander Chubaryan, the history of the USSR during the personality cult is shown in it as a result of the class struggle, which grows as the country moves towards socialism.
The Order
The merits of the scientist to the country and world historical science have been repeatedly marked by high domestic and foreign state awards. In particular, Alexander Oganovich Chubaryan is a holder of orders:
- "Badge of Honor" (1976);
- French Legion of Honor;
- “For Merit to the Fatherland” (2006, 4th degree);
- “St. Gregory of Six” (Vatican);
- German officer cross;
- Order of Honor (Russian Federation) (1999).
Today, despite his very advanced age, the scientist continues research work. Unlike most of his conservative peers, he considers the Internet a gift and actively uses this tool. At the moment, his scientific interests include the problems of humanitarian knowledge in our country and the modern world, the project for the opening of the Central Scientific Center, which should unite biologists, psychologists, geneticists, linguists, neurophysiologists and historians, as well as the question of the influence of the historical past of Europe on its future.