Russian Historian I. Ja. Froyanov
The article is written on the eve of the 80th birthday of Igor Yakovlevich Froyanov, one of the most outstanding Russian historians. The author makes an attempt to show I.Y. Froyanov's life in the context of his key scientific achievements: his creation of a new concept of ancient history of Russia and the foundation on its base of a leading scientific school of thought in Russian history. The main and most significant works of the historian are analyzed in chrono-logical order, and thus the logic of the genesis of I.Y. Froyanov's views is traced. This process is considered in the context of the development of the historian's career, the author describes the main stages of his creative work and characteristic features of his works of different time.