GREEK Boris

(9 (21) .04.1882 - 9.09.1953 +)

Soviet historian and academician. Since 1901. studied at Warsaw University in 1905. transferred to Moscow University, graduating in 1907. The first research Grekova devoted to social and economic history of Veliky Novgorod. Historian has focused on the processes taking place in the fiefdom. An important topic of research Grekova is the story of ancient Russia and the Eastern Slavs. In the seminal work on "Kievan Rus" (1939) based on an analysis of all types of sources, the Greeks came to the conclusion that the Eastern Slavs moved from a communal system of feudal relations bypassing slave-owning society. He stated that the basis of economic activities of ancient Russia was highly plow farming and strongly opposed the claims of the backwardness of the socio-economic system of ancient Slavs. Greeks wrote that Kievan Rus was the common cradle of Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian peoples. Great contribution to the study of ancient history was the work of "Culture of Ancient Rus' (1944).

Greeks also studied the history of many southern and western Slavs, the study of their legal codes and "The Truth". An important topic of scientific study was Grekova history of the Russian peasantry. In 1946, Mr.. They were issued capital research on this subject - "The peasants in Russia since ancient times until the XVII century". Greeks made a great contribution to the development of historiography in the development of Source. With his participation produced over 30 major publications of documents. He wrote works on the historical views of Pushkin, Moscow State University, MI Pokrovsky and others

The research activities of the Greeks combined with teaching (he was a professor at MSU and LSU) and the leadership of several institutions of the Academy of Sciences.