History of Byzantine studies

Translation from English has been made by Priest Igor Ivanov from the edition: Ostrogorsky G. History of the Byzantine State. New Jersey, 1969. P. 12–21. The first part was published in “Christian Reading” No. 1(32), 2010. P. 122–132. The article considers the main stages of the development of European and American Byzantine Studies in the beginning and first half of the 20th century. Particular attention is paid to the works of the scholars from Balkan countries. The contribution of Russian and Soviet scholars to the Byzantine Studies has been analyzed