With faith in Russia and the power of the “Russian family”: in memory of Andrey Nikolaevich Sakharov and on the 95th anniversary of the birth of the scientist-historian

The author presents an analysis of the scientific and life path of an outstanding and talented historian, doctor of historical sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrei Nikolaevich Sakharov (1930-2019), who devoted his scientific activity to the study of key issues of the foreign policy and diplomatic history of Russia. Having become the founder of a new direction for Russian historiography devoted to the study of the history of Russian diplomacy and the author of the first scientific monograph on this topic - he successfully combined scientific work with administrative and official duties of the director of the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences during the turning point that came after the collapse of the USSR: from 1993 to 2010. The publication is based on the materials of the scientist’s personal file, stored in the Scientific Archive of the IRI RAS, the funds and documents of which were preserved during the years of reforms and the “perestroika” largely due to the scientific and human foresight of Andrei Nikolaevich himself.