One of the largest modern Russian sinologists, Lev Petrovich Delyusin, was formed as a scientist against the background and in close connection with the history of the country to which he devoted more than half a century of his research activities. After graduating from the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies in 1950, he was engaged in journalism for almost 10 years, and from 19: 59 he switched to scientific work. From 1967 to 1970 and from 1972 to 1990, he was Head of the China Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Currently, L. P. Delyusin is a Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher at the Institute of International Economic and Political Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In the works of L. P. Delyusin, the most topical issues of his time were analyzed. His first works were devoted to the gigantic transformations that took place on the eve of the formation of the new China, the latter are among the most acute problems of our days. At the same time, L. P. Delyusin's approach to the subject of study was largely determined by the changes that took place in our country, in the fate of the scientist himself and his inner circle. Scientific creativity of L. P. Delyusin is very multifaceted. In this sense, it is a continuation of the traditions of previous generations of Russian Orientalists who sought to know the countries of the East in the integrity of their history and modern existence, in the unity of their culture, social organization, economic life, and political system. At the same time, no matter how diverse and versatile the research interests of a scientist are, one can single out the main interest in his search, which became the incentive for all his scientific activities and the generator of the main ideas. The leitmotif of L. P. Delyusin's work is the analysis of social, political, and ideological problems that accompany China's transition from patriarchy and feudalism to a modern soc ... Read more