Alexey Karpov
Alexey Yuryevich Karpov () is a Russian historian, obshestvoved and culturologist.The editor of the publishing house Molodaya Gvardiya. He is a specialist in the history of ancient Russia. He was awarded many scientific prizes, including the and . Life. Karpov was born on may 5 1960 in Moscow. In 1982, he graduated from the history Department of the Moscow State Pedagogical University. For about 5 years, he worked as a high school history and obshestvovedeny teacher. In 1987, he got a job as an editor at the Molodaya Gvardiya publishing house. It has been published since 1990. During his  life, Karpov wrote more than 100 historical works; biographies of the rulers of Kievan Rus' became very popular. He became famous for historical biographies of the rulers of ancient Russia, primarily the "Orthodox trilogy", which includes books about Princess Olga, Yaroslav the Wise and Vladimir the Great. Currently lives and works in Moscow. In addition, Karpov is the author of historical books for children, articles on the study of ancient Russia and historical research.