The scientific work of one of the famous graduates of the history department of Irkutsk State University, doctor of historical sciences, historiographer, professor L. V. Kuras is analyzed. The process of forming the scientific interests of the scientist, the nature of relations with teachers and colleagues is studied, the breadth of scientific views and professional interests of the historian is emphasized, the role of L. V. Kuras in the development of Siberian and Mongolian studies, and the expansion of the source base of modern regional historical science is considered.

Dameshek Lev Mikhailovich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Head of the Department of History of Russia, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: levdameshek@gmail.com

Ivanov Alexander Aleksandrovich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: ottisk@irmail.ru

Kuznetsov Sergey Ilyich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Head of the Department of World History and International Relations, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: ski@home.isu.ru

Dameshek L.M., Ivanov A.A., Kuznetsov S.I. To the 70th Anniversary of the Birth of Professor Leonid Vladimirovich Kuras: Traditions and Innovations of the Historical School of ISU. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2021, vol. 35, pp. 90-101. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2021.35.90 (in Russian)

1. Vekovoj yubilej: 100 let so dnya rozhdeniya B.S. Sanzhieva: Vospominaniya, dokumenty, bibliograficheskij ukazatel [Centennial anniversary: 100 years since the birth of B.S. Sanzhiev: Memoirs, documents, bibliographic index. Ed. A.A. Ivanov]. Irkutsk, Ottisk Publ., 2012, 238 p. (in Russian)
2. Dudin P.N., Dosovitskaya V.V., Kuras L.V. et al. Gosudarstvennaya i kvazigosudarstvennaya priroda gosudarstva Man'chzhou-Go: Istoricheskie ocherki [State and quasi-state nature of the state of Manchukuo: Historical sketches. Collection. Monograph]. Sci. ed. B.V. Bazarov. Irkutsk, Ottisk Publ, 2016, 254 p. (in Russian)
3. Dorogoj moj chelovek: K 95-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya doktora istoricheskih nauk, professora Tarmahanova Efrema Egorovicha (1922–2016) [Dear man: On the 95th anniversary of the birth of Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Tarmakhanov Efrem Egorovich (1922–2016)]. Ed. L.V. Kuras. Irkutsk, Ottisk publ., 2017, 376 p. (in Russian)
4. Kuras L.V., Sush S.P., Zvvyagin S.P., Bazarov B.V., Bazarov O.D. et al. Istoriya penitenciarnoj sistemy v Buryatii. Posvyashchaetsya 70-letiyu sozdaniya na territorii respubliki Otdela mest zaklyucheniya i trudovyh poselenij UNKVD po Buryat-Mongolskoj ASSR (nyne Upravlenie Federalnoj sluzhby ispolneniya nakazanij po Respublike Buryatiya) [History of the penitentiary system in Buryatia. It is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the creation on the territory of the republic of the Department of places of detention and labor settlements of the NKVD in the Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]. Ed. N.N. Shcherbakov. Ulan-Ude, NovaPrint Publ., 2007, 160 p. (in Russian)
5. Kuras Leonid Vladimirovich: Biobiliograficheskij ukazatel. K 60-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya [Kuras Leonid Vladimirovich: Biobibliographic index. On the occasion of the 60th birthday]. Compl. I.S. Tsyrempilova; Ed. B.V. Bazarov. Ulan-Ude, VSGAKI Publ, 2011, 116 p. (in Russian)
6. Bazarov B.V., Bazarsuren J., Kuras L.V. et al. Mongoliya v borbe za nezavisimost (1939–1945 gg): Mongoliya v borbe za nezavisimost (1939–1945 gg.): ot Halhin-Gola do linkora “Missuri”. K 80-letiyu pobedy na reke Halhin-Gol [Mongolia in the struggle for independence (1939–1945): Mongolia in the struggle for independence (1939–1945): from Halhin-Gol to the battleship Missouri. To the 80th anniversary of the victory on the Halhin-Gol. Monograph]. Head of project and scientific ed. B.V. Bazarov, L.V. Kuras. Irkutsk, Ottisk Publ., 2019, 156 p. (in Russian)
7. Bazarov B.V., Badaraev D.D., Kuras L.V. et al. Mongoliya vo Vtoroj mirovoj vojne (1939–1945 gg.) [Mongolia in the Second World War (1939–1945). Monograph]. Eds.: L.V. Kuras, S. Ganbold. Sci. eds.: B.V. Bazarov, H. Shagdar. Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology SB RAS, Center for Research of Military History of the Research Institute of Defense of Mongolia. Irkutsk, Imprint Publ., 2017, 223 p. (in Russian)
8. Bazarov B.V., Bazarov V.B., Kuras L.V. et al. Mongolskie narody: istoricheskij opyt transformacii kochevyh soobshchestv Azii. [Mongolian peoples: the historical experience of the transformation of the nomadic communities of Asia. Monograph]. Ed. B.V. Bazarov. Sci. ed. L.V. Kuras. Irkutsk, Ottisk Publ., 2016, 624 p. (in Russian)
9. Bazarov B.V., Bazarov V.B., Badaraev D.D. et al. Mongolskij mir v usloviyah vzaimodejstviya Rossii i Vostochnoj Azii v XX–XXI vv. [The Mongolian world in the context of interaction between Russia and East Asia in the XX–XXI centuries. Monograph. Sci. eds.: L.V. Kuras, N. Ariungua. Institution of Science Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology SB RAS, Institute of International Relations of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences]. Ulan-Ude, Buryat Scientific Center Publ., 2017, 203 p. (in Russian)
10. Kuras L.V. (compl.) Nacionalno-gosudarstvennoe stroitelstvo v Respublike Buryatiya na sovremennom etape [National-state construction in the Republic of Buryatia at the present stage]. Ethnic and national policy of the state in Buryatia (XIX – early XX century). Sci. ed. B.V. Bazarov. Ulan-Ude, VSGAKI Publ., 2008, р. 2, р. 645–733. (in Russian)
11. Kuras L.V., Naumov I.V., Chernykh V.V. Rossiya v epohu socialnyh potryasenij, inostrannoj voennoj intervencii i grazhdanskoj vojny 1917–1920 gg. [Russia in the era of social upheaval, foreign military intervention and civil war 1917–1920]. Domestic history: textbook. Ed. V.V. Chernykh. Irkutsk, Ottisk Publ., 2009, 512 p. (in Russian)
12. Transnacionalnaya istoriya mongoskogo mira v usloviyah revolyucionnogo pod"ema: pervaya chetvert 20 v. [Transnational history of the Mongolian world in the conditions of revolutionary upsurge: the first quarter of the twentieth century. Monograph]. Head of project. Ed. B.V. Bazarov. Sci. ed. M.N. Baldano. Irkutsk, Ottisk Publ., 2016, 188 p. (in Russian)