WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS (TO THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDER OF RUSSIAN CULTURAL STUDIES M. S. KAGAN)
The article is dedicated to Moisey Samoilovich Kagan, one of the founders of Russian cultural studies. Professor Kagan, Doctor of Philosophy, Academician of the Russian Academy of Humanities, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, would have turned 100 in May 2021. A general overview of the professional path of M.S. Kagan: from graduation in 1941 from the philological faculty of Leningrad State University until his death in 2006. His contribution to the development of Russian cultural studies as a scientific discipline is noted. To a greater extent, the author pays attention to memories of personal meetings and impressions from communication with a famous scientist.