November 1, 2000 marked the 70th anniversary of Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor V. I. Kuzishchin, Head of the Department of Ancient World History, Faculty of History, Lomonosov Moscow State University. This date coincided with the 45th anniversary of his fruitful teaching and scientific activity.

Theoutstanding achievements of Soviet antiquity studies in the study of the socio-economic history of ancient Rome are inextricably linked with the name of V. I. Kuzishchin. Already in his first major article " On the prevalence of latifundia in Italy "(VDI. 1957. N 1), the young scientist made a convincing critique of the established ideas about the dominance of latifundia in Italy from time immemorial. In a series of monographs published later, he gave an in-depth analysis of the features of agriculture in ancient Italy " Essays on the history of agriculture in Italy. II century BC-I century AD", Moscow, 1966), proved the leading role of the Roman slave villa of medium size as the main economic unit and showed how great was the importance of the peasant economy ("Roman slave estate. II century BC-I century AD", Moscow, 1973), traced the formation and features of large and large farms ("The genesis of slave-owning latifundia in Italy (II century BC - I century AD)", Moscow, 1976). The result of these studies was the monograph " Ancient classical slavery as an economic system "(Moscow, 1990). The main works of V. I. Kuzishchin's works were reprinted in Italian and became widely known and well-deserved recognition among the foreign scientific community as well.

For 27 years, V. I. Kuzishchin has been the head of the Department of Ancient World History at the Moscow State University Faculty of History, providing training for qualified historians of antiquity and Orientalism. He has trained more than a hundred certified antiquarians and several dozen candidates of historical sciences who successfully work both in Russia and abroad. Under the leadership of Vasily Ivanovich and to a large extent by himself

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a set of textbooks and manuals on general courses and special disciplines of the history of the ancient world was created, many of which went through several reprints and were translated into foreign languages.

Vasily Ivanovich devotes a lot of time and effort to work in scientific journals - in Voprosy Istorii, as well as in Vestnik Drevnoi Istorii, where he is a deputy chairman of the Editorial Board and a member of the editorial board.

The Editorial Board and Editorial Board of the journal, the Ancient History Section of the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences cordially congratulate Vasily Ivanovich on his anniversary and wish him new creative successes and success in training talented Russian antiquarians and Orientalists.

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