Anatoly Novoseltsev

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Anatoly Petrovich Novoseltsev (Анатолий Петрович Новосельцев; 26 July 1933, Irkutsk, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – 12 September 1995 Moscow, Russia) was a Russian orientalist who brought to light and translated into Russian a slew of obscure Persian and Arab documents relating to the early history of Kievan Rus'.

Together with Vladimir Pashuto he authored The Foreign Policy of Ancient Rus (1968), a groundbreaking study that demonstrated that Rus' had been as active in the Caucasus and Central Asia as it had been in Europe.[http://apnovoselcev.narod.ru/text/b/b01.html Т. М. Калинина, Е. А. Мельникова, И. И. Попов. Анатолий Петрович Новосельцев (1933—1995) // Древнейшие государства Восточной Европы, 1998. М., 2000.] He later published a sketch of the history of Khazaria and opposed the Anti-Normanist dogma perpetuated in the official Soviet historiography inter alia by Boris Rybakov.

Novoseltsev was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1984.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_per.asp?P=.id-51547.ln-ru.dl-.pr-inf.uk-12|title=Новосельцев А.П. - Общая информация}} He managed the Russian History Institute, affiliated with the Academy of Sciences, between 1988 and 1993. He was succeeded by Andrey Nikolayevich Sakharov.