K. A. Kuznetsov (1883-1953) as a professor of the institute of oriental studies

The paper is devoted to the life and works of Konstantin A. Kuznetsov (1883-1953). A graduate of the two Universities - Moscow and Heidelberg, K. Kuznetsov was interested in problems of legal systems of the Great Britain and the USA, and was a consecutive disciple and adherent of Georg Jellinek. He was twice sent to London in order to work in the British Museum and Public Record Office. Based on his scholarly research K. Kuznetsov published two monographs: Studies in Political Thought in England (XV-XVII) (Vladivostok, 1913), and The House of Commons in Tudor and Stuart Times (Odessa, 1915). He combined basic activities in law studies with a serious interest for music under the guidance of Ph. Wolfrum, who specialized in Bach. In 1909 he was appointed a lecturer of Law History at the Moscow University, and worked there until 1912. As he supported the protest of the leading professors of the Moscow University, K. Kuznetsov had to move to Vladivostok where he worked as a professor of the Institute of Oriental Studies. After a year in Vladivostok, he left for Odessa where he delivered lectures at the Imperial University of Odessa. In the beginning of the 1920s Kuznetsov returned to Moscow and started his carrier as a Professor of the Music History in the Moscow Conservatoire. Kuznetsov had to give up his law studies in the Soviet period.