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L. I. Medvedko (born in 1928) - a well -known Russian orientalist, doctor of historical sciences, academician of the RAEN, member of the Union of Writers of Russia. The author of books and numerous publications on the problems of the Middle East, Islam in modern history: "Winds of changes in the Persian Gulf" (1973), "to the east and west of Suez" (1980), "... this close seething east" (1985 ), "Name of Allah ... Politization of Islam and Islamization of Politics" (1988), "Russia, West, Islam:" Collision of Civilizations "?" (2003), "Turkey and Kurdistan" (2004), "East is a close thing, Jerusalem -Holy" (in collaboration with S.L. Medvedko, 2009), "Zori of the East. Orientalists - friends and mentors" (2018) and others
in the 1980s. L. I. Medvedko stood at the origins of the creation of the analytical service of the GRU General Staff of the USSR Ministry of Defense. His idea of ​​the concept of the systemic national and state security of Russia was reflected in a comprehensive doctrine adopted at a joint meeting of the Security Council and the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation in 2003.
Memoirs of L. I. Medvedko cover the period from the Great Patriotic War to the present day