On the History of the Soviet Byzantine Studies: The Correspondence of M. Ja. Sjuzjumov to Z. V. Udal’tsova

This publication comprised the letters of Mikhail Jakovlevich Sjuzjumov, founder Ural school Byzantine Studies, to Zinaida Vladimirovna Udal’tsova, head Soviet Byzantinology, with appropriate comments. The traces their long-lasting epistolary communication reside in Russian Academy Sciences Archive and State Sverdlovsk Region as 55 by M. Ja. Sjuzjumov 6 Z. V. Udal’tsova. almost 30-year-long correspondence enabled scholar keep abreast all what happened Byzantinology deal efficiently organisational matters. question covered various topics related Sjuzjumov’s scholarly educational works: organization defence his doctoral dissertation, preparation articles books, discussion published academic works, conferences participation them, work editorial boards Vizantiiskii Vremennik collective volumes History Byzantium, relations colleagues, patronage students, current university matters, etc. These also uncover concept genesis feudalism position some disputable issues Mediaeval Studies. main body two twentieth-century Byzantologists sheds additional light on many pages history studies.