Historian-innovator, citizen, patriot (Professor of Rostov State University Alexander Pavlovich Pronshteyn)
In the monograph the scientific and scientific-organizational activities of the outstanding historian and source study specialist, Professor A.P. Pronshchteyn are described. The impact of his ideas on studies of Russia in XVI-XVIII centuries, peasant wars and the history of Don Cossacks is analyzed. The role of A.P. Pronshchteyn in the cluster development of the humanities in the North Caucasus is underlined.