Yu. Kh. Kopelevich: From Classical Philologist to Historian of Science
The article examines the professional formation and evolution of the views of a prominent historian of science Yudith Kopelevich. In 1939 she entered the Department of Classical Philology of the Leningrad State University, where she returned after her service in the army during the World War II (1941-1944); here she completed her postgraduate studies there and defended her PhD thesis (1955). Particular attention in the article is paid to the analysis of the historical circumstances of the late 1940s and early 1950s, as well as the teachers of Kopelevich, many of whom were engaged in the history of science. They managed to develop her abilities and give her a brilliant historical-philological training, which ensured her success as a historian of science, translator and publisher of scientific texts.