Stanislav Robert Kucera, one of the most prominent experts in Chinese history, Chief Researcher of the China Department of the Institute of Historical Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, was born on May 5, 1928 in Lviv, Poland. In 1947, after graduating from the lyceum, he entered the Institute of Oriental Studies of the University of Warsaw (Instytut Orientalistyczny Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego), from which he graduated in 1952, having defended the work "Fundamentals of Taoist Philosophy" under the guidance of a major Polish orientalist Witold Jabloriski and received a master's degree in Philosophy in the field of Oriental studies. From 1951 to early 1953, he worked as an assistant at the University of Warsaw.

In February 1953, S. Kucher was sent to China for postgraduate studies at Peking University, where in 1960, being the only one among foreign students, he defended his thesis under the guidance of a corresponding member. AN of the People's Republic of China Zhang Zhenglang wrote a dissertation in Chinese on the topic " The class structure of ancient Chinese society based on the materials of "Zhou Li"", and the defense aroused great interest of Chinese scientists. From March 1958 to October 1959, he worked as a teacher, then head of the Department of Polish Language and Culture at the Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages.

Returning to Warsaw in December 1960, S. Kucera was for some time a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Higher Education of Poland, and from April 1961 he worked at the Polish Institute of International Relations (Polski Instytut Spraw Miedzynarodowych) as an adjunct.

In August 1966, after moving to Moscow, since April 1967, at the invitation of Academician N. I. Konrad, he has been working as a researcher at the Institute of Asian Peoples of the USSR Academy of Sciences (later - the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences). In 1981, he defended his doctoral dissertation on " Chinese Archaeology 1965-1974: Paleolithic-Yin Era. Findings and problems". From 1988 to 2002, he held the position of Professor of the Department of the Ancient World, Faculty of History, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and taught at the Russian State University for the Humanities.

S. Kucera is a member of the Russian Archaeological Society, in 1993 he was elected a member of the People's Academy of Russia, in 1998 he became an Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

S. Kucera participated in a number of international conferences: XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII Congresses of sinological studies, XXIX, XXX and XXXVII Congresses of Orientalists, XIV Pacific Scientific Congress, Congress of the International Association for the Study of Central Asian Cultures, and a symposium on the problems of Western culture at the University of California (Los Angeles).

In 1988 and 1989, during his trips to Beijing, he delivered two scientific reports at Peking University and People's University of China. In May 1993, S. Kucera delivered a course of four lectures for graduate students of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, followed by two scientific reports in the Republic of China on Taiwan.

From October 1995 to March 1996, he was invited to work as a researcher at Academia Sinica (Taiwan). During this period, he read six scientific reports, including at the University of Singapore. A significant number of reports were read by him at various times in scientific institutions in Poland.

Stanislav Kucera is such a rare, especially in our country, type of brilliant European polymath who always closely follows what is happening in world science. In an almost unbelievable way, he manages to combine the best traditions of Western, Russian and Chinese classical Sinology in his scientific work, preserving and multiplying them. His research is distinguished by thoroughness, attention to detail, rigor of logical constructions and clear presentation of thoughts.

S. Kucera's research interests are characterized by an almost incredible breadth of coverage for modern science, he is the author of nine monographs (including four co-authors), more than 300 articles and reviews. His writings on Chinese archaeology (especially " Chinese Archaeology: 1965-1974. Paleolithic-Yin Epoch", Moscow, 1977) are the most complete sources of information in this field in Russian, works on the Chinese Paleolithic (first of all, "The Oldest and Ancient History of China", Moscow, 1996) have no equal in completeness in world historiography. S. Kucher is the largest Russian expert on Yin culture. He wrote a number of extremely valuable studies on the social and political life of the Zhou era, prepared for publication the first part of the translation of the unique ancient Chinese source "Zhou Li" (the only translation of this text - into French - was published in 1851). To this, it should be added that S. Kucheroy wrote a number of important works on the social and political life of the Zhou era. He has written numerous articles on the historical, cultural, and legal problems of ancient and medieval China, and is Russia's leading specialist in the history of foreign Sinology.

Despite his busy schedule, S. Kucera always finds time and energy to pass on his knowledge to students, his teaching gift is in no way inferior to his huge gift as a scientist. The sections he wrote in university textbooks are " The History of the Ancient East. Texts and documents" (Moscow, 2002); " Historiography of the history of the Ancient East. Iran, Central Asia, India, China" (St. Petersburg, 2002); "History of the Ancient East" (Moscow, 2007) - successfully combine accessibility and the highest scientific level of presentation of the material. S. Kuchery's lectures are also distinguished by the same qualities. They are always strictly logically structured and extremely informative, guiding the student to independently analyze the material and draw conclusions. At the same time With. Kucera, despite the long experience of teaching, which many people have a tendency to a certain automatism in presenting information that is repeated from year to year, each time carefully prepares for the lecture, trying to find new data or even more illustrative examples. It is not an exaggeration to say that each lecture with. Coachmen is a bright scientific report, carefully prepared and read without any discounts on the age or qualifications of the audience, but at the same time extremely accessible and fascinating.

Everyone who knows S. Kucera appreciates his great sense of humor, responsiveness, rare decency, integrity and intelligence. It is difficult to find another person who embodies so fully all the best that can be in a scientist, teacher and friend.

The China Department congratulates Stanislav Kucera on his anniversary and wishes him many years of fruitful scientific work, health and vigor.

SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF S. R. KUCERA

On the issue of dating and reliability of "Zhou Li" / / VDI. N 3, 1961. pp. 111-120.

Zarys historii rozwoju chinskiej mysli naukowej. Warszawa, 1962.

Mongols and Tibet under Genghis Khan and his successors / / Tatar-Mongols in Asia and Europe, Moscow, 1970. pp. 255-270.

Polityka zagraniczna Chinskiej Republiki Ludowej. 1949 - 1969. Pt. 2. 1955 - 1959. Wybor dokumentov. W., 1970 (sovm. with others).

The problem of continuity of the Chinese cultural tradition under the Yuan dynasty / / The role of tradition in the history and culture of China, Moscow, 1972. pp. 276 - 308.

Formation of the tradition of collective responsibility and punishment in China / / The role of traditions in the history and culture of China. Moscow, 1972. pp. 161-183.

Symbolic punishments in ancient China / / China: Society and State. Collection of articles, Moscow, 1973, pp. 30-54.

Some problems associated with archaeological finds in Turfan and Zhaohexian county / / VI Scientific Conference "Society and State in China". Issue 3. Moscow, 1975, pp. 627-634.

Methode de la datation à l'aide du carbone radioactif dans l'archeologie chinoise // Actes du XXIX^e Congres international des Orientalistes, Paris, Juillet 1973. Seminaire organisee par Madeleine - Paule David. Recentes decouvertes archeologiques en Chine, en Coree et au Japon. P., 1976. P. 34 - 43.

Chinese Archaeology: 1965-1974. Paleolithic - Yin era. Nakhodki i problemy [Findings and Problems], Moscow, 1977.

From the history of Chinese dance art: chi-pan wu / / China: History, Culture and Historiography, Moscow, 1977, pp. 158-199.

Mongol conquest of Tibet // Tatar-Mongols in Asia and Europe. Ed. 2-E. M., 1977. pp. 260-281.

Some Problems of the Examination system and education under the Yuan Dynasty / / China: Gosudarstvo i obshchestvo [state and Society], Moscow, 1977, pp. 73-92.

Nekotorye problemy istorii Kitay v svete radiokarbonnykh datirovok [Some problems of the history of China in the light of radiocarbon dating]. Etnicheskaya istoriya narodov Vostochnoy i Yugo-Vostochnoy Azii v drevnosti i sredniye veka, Moscow, 1981, pp. 47-130.

Early History of Northwestern China (Gansu) / / International Association for the Study of Central Asia. Inform. byull. Issue 3. Moscow, 1982. pp. 42-74.

Sinological Library and research on the ancient history of China / / Sinological Library-source base of Soviet Chinese studies (To the 25th anniversary of its creation). Collection of reviews and materials, Moscow, 1983, pp. 13-24.

Early History of Xinjiang: Neolithic - Early Metal Age / / East Turkestan and Central Asia. Istoriya, kul'tura, svyazi [History, Culture, Communications], Moscow, 1984, pp. 29-54.

Archeology of China. Kamenny i bronzovy veka [Stone and Bronze Ages] / / Archeology of Foreign Asia, Moscow, 1986, pp. 252-319.

Problemy drevnoi istorii Kitai v arkheologicheskoi nauke PRC [Problems of the ancient history of China in the archaeological science of the PRC].

From "Le-tzu", translated from the Chinese by V. Sukhorukov and S. Kucheri / / From the Books of the Wise Men, Moscow, 1987, pp. 114-157.

The oldest and most ancient history of China. Drevnekamennyi vek [Ancient Stone Age], Moscow, 1996.

Archaeological study of the Penghu Islands / / XXVIII NK OGK. Moscow, 1998. pp. 8-60.

Confucian treatise " Xiao Jing "("The Canonical Book of filial piety"). Chapters 1, 8, 9 // East (Oriens). 1999. N 6. pp. 129-141.

"Xiao" in inscriptions on bronze products / / XXIX NK OGK. Moscow, 1999. pp. 134-163.

Michl Boym-Jesuit, missionary, scientist (to the 340th anniversary of his death) / / XXX NK OGK. Moscow, 2000. pp. 117-155.

On the issue of non-uniformity of the historical development of ancient China (in the light of archaeological finds) / / XXXI NK OGK. Moscow, 2001. pp. 6-36.

Inscriptions on bronze objects are a special type of source on the ancient history of China. Part One // Vostok (Oriens), 2001. N 2. pp. 121-133.

Inscriptions on bronze objects are a special type of source on the ancient history of China. Part Two // Vostok (Oriens), 2001. N 4. pp. 145-155.

Ancient China and Southeast Asia // History of the Ancient East. Texts and documents, Moscow, 2002, pp. 538-637, 707-714.

Historiography of the history of Ancient China // Historiography of the history of the Ancient East. Iran, Central Asia. India, China. Training manual. St. Petersburg, 2002, pp. 163-301.

The fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the coverage of Hou-Han shu / / XXXII NK OGK. Moscow, 2002. pp. 57-77.

Problema genezisa shang-yinskikh gadatel'nykh kosti [The problem of the genesis of shang-yin divination bones]. XXXIII NK OGK, Moscow, 2003, pp. 6-34.

Ancient Chinese texts: jiagu-wen and Shang shu-a mirror of the history and cults of Shang-Yin China. Part one / / Vostok (Oriens), 2003. N 1. pp. 42-52.

Problemy pitaniya i kul'ta v zhouskom Kitae (po materialam Zhou li) [Problems of nutrition and worship in Zhou China (based on Zhou Li's materials)]. XXXIV NK OGK, Moscow, 2004, pp. 45-73.

Ancient Chinese texts jiagu-wen and Shang shu-a mirror of the history and cults of China

The Shang-Yin era. Part Two // Vostok (Oriens), 2004. N 2. pp. 20-33.

Ancient Chinese texts: jiagu-wen and Shang shu-a mirror of the history and cults of Shang-Yin China. Part three / / Vostok (Oriens), 2004. N 6. pp. 17-31.

The ancient Chinese texts jiagu-wen and Shang shu mirror the history and cults of Shang-Yin China. Part four / / Vostok (Oriens), 2005. N 6. pp. 22-36.

Vino v kul'tury drevnego Kitay [Wine in the culture of ancient China]. XXXV NK OGK, Moscow, 2005, pp. 35-65.

History of the Ancient East. Textbook, Moscow, 2007 (co-authored with V. I. Kuzishchin).

Zhenshchiny pri zhouskom dvor [Women at the Zhou court]. XXXVIII NK OGK, Moscow, 2008, pp. 21-37.

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