DYAKONOV Aleksandr Petrovich

(1873 - 1.YIII.1943, Smolensk)
In 1897. graduated from the History Department, the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. On the academy for research. Since 1903. - Associate Professor, in 1909-12 he. - Professor of general civil history of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. In 1912-16 he. - Professor of World History at the University for Women in St. Petersburg.. Since 1933. works in the Smolensk Pedagogical Institute. In 1938-41 he. - Head of the Department of General History of the USSR. Over the years of work in Smolensk D. wrote a number of scientific articles on the history of antiquity. Byzantine Empire, news of the Syrian sponsors of the Slavs YI-YII centuries., Produced a large monograph "slave rebellion in Sicily in the 2 nd half of BC". He died during the occupation of Smolensk. Buried at the Polish cemetery.

Lit.: Materials of scientific conference on the 50 th anniversary SGPI, 1971. - P. 109-118.