Academic Degree: Doct. of Historical Sc.

Academic Rank: Professor

Position: Leading research associate

Affiliation: Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the RAS

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Education and Training, Previous Employing Institutions

1973–1978— Irkutsk State University.

1980–1983 — postgraduate studies at the Irkutsk State University

1993–1995 — doctoral studies at the Irkutsk State University

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Research Interests: history of Russia, source studies, nation-building, Jewish communities in Siberia, Russian military emigration in the East.

List of Most Essential Works:

Bazarzhapov V. B., Bazarova V. V., Bazarova G. D., Baldano S. V., Bashkuev V. Yu., Biltrikova A. V., Vasilyeva S. V., Dagbaev E. D., Darzhaev S. Yu., Dashibalova I. N., Elaev A. A., Zhalsanova V. G., Zaitseva L. A., Iminokhoev A. Mm., Kuras L. V., Kuchmurukova E. A., Lepekhov S. Yu., Lyksokova V. Ts., Makachuk S. V., Mitupov K. B. M., et al. History of Buryatia. In 3 vol. Vol. 2 (17 – early 20 cent.), Vol. 3 (20–21 cc.). Ulan-Ude, 2011.

Kalmina L. V., Kuras L. V. The Jewish community in western Transbaikalia (1860s – February of 1917) /ed. B. V. Bazarov. Ulan-Ude, 1999.

Dameshek L. M., Zhalsanova B. Ts., Kuras L. V. The history of local authorities of Buryats in 19 – early 20 cent. Irkutsk, 2013.

Kuras L. V. Essays on the history of public security organs of the Republic of Buryatia /ed. V. I. Khalanov, B. V. Bazarov. Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, 1998.

Kuras L. V. Siberia regions and Mongolia: problems and prospects of the frontier collaboration // Vlast'. 2013. No. 7. P. 188–192.

Kuras L. V. Semenov and Baron R. F. Ungern in Mongolian revolution of 1921 // Bulletin of the Buryat State University. 2011. No. 8. P. 167–172.

Kuras L. V. National and agricultural movement of Buryats in the early 20^th cent. // Vlast'. 2011. No. 4. P. 140–143.

Bazarov B. V., Kuras L. V. Mongolia in the Second World War // Izvestiya Irkutskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Ser.: History. 2015. Vol. 12. P. 30–39.