Background
Stanislav Prozorov was born on January 21, 1938 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Stanislav Prozorov was born on January 21, 1938 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Stanislav Mikhailovich graduated from the secondary school № 1 of the South-Eastern Railway in Voronezh (1956), the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Leningrad State University (now Saint Petersburg State University) (1961).
Stanislav Mikhailovich Prozorov was a lecturer at the Tajik State University (Dushanbe, 1961-1964), research associate at the Institute of History of the Tajik SSR Academy of Sciences (1962-1964), Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1967). Head of the Islamic Studies Group (since 1980), Lead Researcher (since 1987) of the Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (since 1980).
Since 2004 Stanislav is the member of the editorial board of the academic journal "Written Monuments of the East". Since 2005 - Deputy of the Science Director and Deputy Chairman of the Academic Council at The Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, curator of the official institute site. Since 2010 - Acting Head of the Department of the Near and Middle East.
Stanislav Mikhailovich ia a compiler and editor of collective works such as "Islam: Encyclopedic Dictionary" (Moscow, 1991), "Islam: Historiographic Essays" (Moscow, 1991), "A Chrestomathy of Islam" (Moscow, 1994), "Islam in the Former Russian Empire: Encyclopedic Dictionary" (Moscow, 1998-2003, issue 1-4). Also he has compositions such as Arab historical literature in Iraq, Iran and Central Asia in the 7th - mid 10th century: Shiite historiography (Moscow, 1980); Islam as a religious system (Moscow, 2003).