Background
Milov, Leonid Vasiljevich was born on July 28, 1929 in Moscow. Son of Vasilij Vasiljevich and Olimpiada Nicolaevna (Parfentjeva) Milov.
Milov, Leonid Vasiljevich was born on July 28, 1929 in Moscow. Son of Vasilij Vasiljevich and Olimpiada Nicolaevna (Parfentjeva) Milov.
Student, Lomonosov State University, Moscow, 1953. Graduate in history, Lomonosov State University, Moscow, 1958. Doctor in History, Institute of History Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1974.
He worked at the Faculty of History in Lomonosov Moscow State University. Milov was a pioneer of cliometrics in Russia along with professor Ivan Kovalchenko and others Author of more than 150 works, in 1998 he published his opus magnum - Russian Plowman and Special Aspects of Russian Historical Process.
Having conducted a thorough research of Russian agriculture and peasant life in the 16th and 17th centuries he argued that Russian serfdom as economical institute was a "compensational mechanism for survival".
In last years of his life, Milov was in charge of creating a completely new textbook on Russian history based on post-Soviet science. The result was a book in three volumes written by a collective of historians.
lieutenant was published in 2006.
His primary scientific interests were history of serfdom and genesis of capitalism in the Russian Empire, but he also specialized in Russian medieval law and Byzantine law.
Russian Academy of Sciences.
Married Irina Vladimirovna Gravve, May 28, 1953. 1 child, Olga Leonidovna.