About Aleksandr Orlov
Lived 1938 – 2024 (aged 85). Aleksandr Orlov was a Russian historian.
Alexander Sergeyevich Orlov (; 1 December 1938 – 8 March 2024) was a Russian contemporary historian and an author of several handbooks. He was a specialist on socio-political history of Russia in the 18th century, in the history of science and in education about that period.
Orlov graduated at the historical faculty of the Moscow State University (MGU) in 1965 and defended his candidates-thesis on the theme "Unrest in the Urals in the 1750s and 1760s and the expedition of Prince Alexander Vyazemsky" in 1971. His thesis was supervised by M.T. Belyavsky. He worked at the historical faculty from 1968.
From 1995, he was director of the historical museum of the MGU.
Orlov died on 8 March 2024, at the age of 85.
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Who was Aleksandr Orlov?
Russian historian (1938–2024)
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Aleksandr Orlov was born on 1 December 1938.
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Aleksandr Orlov died on 8 March 2024.
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Aleksandr Orlov was a historian.
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Aleksandr Orlov was Russian.
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