LUNIN, Boris Vladimirovič. Geneva 18.7.1906 — Tashkent 18.10.2001. Russian Historian of Central Asia. Son of a lawyer, graduated in 1922 (?) from Arheologičeskij Institut in Rostov-na-Donu. War service 1941-45. Kand. ist. nauk 1956, Dr. ist. nauk 1967, Professor 1970. In 1925-41 “sotrudnik Donskogo obščestva arheologii, istorii, Sev.-Kavkazskogo kraevogo obščestva arheologii i èthografii”. In 1941-42 participated in the WW II, served in the Red Army in 1941-53. From 1953 naučnyj sotrudnik at Institut istorii and arheologii, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, from 1961 staršij n. sotr.
Publications: At least 300 items, including:
– Kand.diss. Iz istorii russkogo vostokovedenija i arheologii (Turkestanskij kryžok ljubitelej arheologii 1895–1917). Manuscript 1956, publ. as Iz ist. russkogo vostokov. v Turkestane. Turk. kr. ljub. arheologii (1895–1917 gg.). 320 p. Taškent 1958.
– Naučnye obščestva Turkestana i ih progressivnaja dejatel’nost’. Konec XIX – načalo XX vv. 344 p. Taškent 1962.
– Srednjaja Azija v dorevoljucionnom i sovetskom vostokovedenii. 408 p. Taškent 1965.
– V. I. Lenin i narody Srednej Azii. 247 p. Taškent 1967, new ed. 1983, also in Uzbek.
– V. I. Lenin and the peoples of the East. 109 p. M. 1970, also in French.
Sources: Miliband 1977, 1995; *Russian Vikipedija with photo.