Background
REYSNER, Igor’ was born on January 9, 1899 in Tomsk. Son of a law professor
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Igor’ Mikhaylovich REYSNER
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1924 graduate Oriental Faculty, Red Army Military Academy.
Career
1919-1926 worked for People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs. 1919-1921 first secretary, Soviet embassy in Afghanistan. 1925-1935 head, Department of the East and Colonics, International Agrarian Institute, Moscow.
Also professor, Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies. From 1934 professor, from 1956 head, Chair of History of Middle East, Moscow University. From 1943 senior associate, from 1957 head, Section of Indian History, Institute of Oriental Studies, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences.
Specialized in Indian commune, movement of peasants and artisans and Indian national-liberation movement. Did valuable studies of modern Afghan history.
Religion
Religion is bad because it forces people to rely on outside authority, rather than becoming self-reliant.
Views
Every person has rights to express his or her opinion, but the opinion could be expressed if it was in accordance with the general interests of Soviet society.
Membership
Communist Party member from 1944.
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Nationality
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics