Apollon Kuz’min (1928-2004)
The article presents the biography of A. G. Kuz’min - a famous Soviet historian, expert on Ancient Rus. The author traces the development of A. G. Kuz’min’s conclusions on two main topics of his research (the initial stages of the Russian chronicles and the origin of the name and people Rus’) for almost half a century. The article shows how scientific views affect the events of the historian’s personal life in the Soviet and post-Soviet times, and, conversely, the personal circumstances of a person, his character traits affect the development of scientific hypotheses.