HISTORY OF SPAIN AND SPANISH AMERICA AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY. <i>(TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF A. A. PETROVA)</i>
Ariadna Alexandrovna Petrova has been teaching and conducting scientific activities at the Department of Modern and Contemporary History since December 1971. A ticket to scientific life for A. A. Petrova was a candidate dissertation «Cuban Revolutionary Party and its role in the development of the national liberation movement in Cuba». which was highly appreciated by the Soviet and Cuban press. A. A. Petrova’s subsequent activity at the Department is closely related to the history of Spain and Latin America, which she taught to students. She is the author of a number of scientific studies on Russian-Spanish relations, the problems of colonial America, the history of military campaigns of 1810-1826 etc. The anniversary of A. A. Petrova in 2022 is an occasion to recall the rich history of teaching and studying Spanish and Latin American subjects at the Department of Modern and Contemporary History.