Leonid Alaev | |
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Born | Leonid Borisovich Alaev 20 October 1932 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Died | 31 July 2023 Moscow, Russia | (aged 90)
Education | Doctor of Historical Sciences |
Alma mater | MSU Faculty of History Institute of Asian and African Countries |
Occupation | Historian |
Employer(s) | Institute of Practical Oriental Studies Institute of Asian and African Countries Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow State Institute of International Relations Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University |
Leonid Borisovich Alaev (Russian: Леонид Борисович Алаев; 20 October 1932 – 31 July 2023) was a Soviet and Russian historian and indologist,[1] Doctor of Sciences in Historical Sciences, principal researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations,[2] and honorary professor at the Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University.[3]
Alaev was the editor of Oriens (1988–1999).[1][2]