Mikhail Abramovich Zaborov, ( name in Russian: 袦懈褏邪懈谢 袗斜褉邪屑芯胁懈褔 袟邪斜芯褉芯胁 ) Soviet historian-medievalist, the largest specialist in the history of the Crusades, popularizer of historical knowledge. Doctor of historical sciences, professor.
Since 1970 - an employee, and since 1980 - the head of the sector of the Institute of the International Labor Movement of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Mikhail Abramovich Zaborov was born in the family of an employee. He studied at Moscow State University, during the war he was evacuated to Chelyabinsk. In 1942-1945 he taught at the Chelyabinsk Pedagogical Institute. In 1945 he joined the CPSU (b).
In 1947, M. A. Zaborov defended his thesis 鈥淭he Union of Two Philippi (from the History of Franco-German Relations in 1198-1208)鈥�.
In 1967 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the historiography of the Crusades.
The development of the history of the Europeans' crusades to the East in the 11th-13th centuries M. A. Zaborov led throughout his life, becoming the largest specialist in the USSR in the USSR. He is the author of 365 publications, including 14 books.
He published the following monographs:
Crusades (1956); Papacy and Crusades (1960); Crusaders and their campaigns to the East (1962); Introduction to the historiography of the Crusades (Latin chronography of the 11th 鈥� 13th centuries) (1966); Historiography of the Crusades (literature of the 15th 鈥� 19th centuries) (1971, written on the basis of a doctoral dissertation defended in 1967); Crusaders in the East (1980).
He made and published translations of sources, wrote reviews and reviews. He is also the author of chapters on the history of the Crusades and international relations in several editions of the textbook on the history of the Middle Ages for universities.
M. A. Zaborov was a member of the Scientific Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences on the history of historical science, actively participated in a number of council sessions.