At the time of publication (2022): Doctor of Historical Sciences and Researcher at the Center for the Study of Vietnam and ASEAN, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences.
The article is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Dega V. Deopik, Professor, PhD in History, whose brilliant research and educational work is closely related to the Institute for Asian and African Studies of the Moscow State University. The article dwells upon major fields of his research activity in oriental studies. Nevertheless, the scope of his academic interests is much wider, it embraces archaeology, ancient history and culture, origin of writing in the Eastern Asia, etc. In the article a special attention is given to the Vietnamese studies, his first and for long major special field, and also to his works on countries and peoples of the South-East Asia as well as ancient history of the Eastern Asia, so called Old China. Mentioned are his achievements in studying epigraphic artifacts and medieval chronicles and also development and implementation of quantitative methods in oriental studies. It is emphasised that Dega V. Deopik is also a distinguished teacher, research advisor and lecturer.
Keywords:
anniversary; 90th anniversary; Dega V. Deopik; history; oriental studies; quantitative methods; educational work; ancient history; medieval studies; archaeology; epigraphy