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Abstract. The article is the recording of the conversation between the editor of the issue A.V. Korenevskiy and the member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Novoe Proshloe / The New Past”, the medievalist, author of more than two hundred monographs and articles on the history of Medieval Russia, source study and methodology of historical research I.N. Danilevskiy. The topic of the conversation is memories of an outstanding Russian historian who stood at the origins of the Rostov School of Source Studies, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Alexander Pavlovich Pronstein, whose centenary anniversary was celebrated on January 21, 2019. I.N. Danilevskiy emphasized that for him Alexander Pavlovich has always been and remains an example of academic selfless devotion – incredible thoroughness, honesty and responsibility in research work. Moreover, these personal features were manifested not only in the field of study. With all his refinement, sensitivity and delicacy, noted by everyone who knew A.P. Pronshtein, he was able, if it was a matter of moral principles or a civic position, to demonstrate firmness and even inflexibility, how it happened, when he categorically refused to participate in the persecution of his teacher, academician M.N. Tikhomirov.
The conversation took place on March 23, 2019 during of scientific conference “The Scientific Heritage of Professor A.P. Pronshteyna and Actual Problems of Historical Science (on the 100th anniversary of the birth of an outstanding Russian scientist)” (Institute of History and International Relations, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, March 22–23, 2019).
Keywords: Alexander Pavlovich Pronshtein, methods and methodology of historical research, Rostov School of Source Studies, academic selfless devotion.