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Leonid Rankov rodilsi͡a v Leningrade. Istorik, bibliograf, arkheolog. Okonchil bibliotechnyĭ fakulʹtet Leningradskogo gosudarstvennogo instituta kulʹtury (1971). Rabotal zavedui͡ushchim bibliotekoĭ, starshim bibliotekarem v nauchnoĭ biblioteke LGU, ėkskursovodom v muzee "Petropavlovskai͡a krepostʹ" i po pami͡atnym mestam Leningrada. V vosʹmidesi͡atye gody uchastvoval v arkheologicheskikh ėkspedit͡sii͡akh v Sredni͡ui͡u Azii͡u.V Izraile s 1989 po 2018 god zanimal dolzhnostʹ glavnogo bibliotekari͡a i referenta biblioteki Upravlenii͡a drevnosteĭ Izraili͡a (Israel Antiquities Authority), odnogo iz krupneĭshikh v mire sobraniĭ literatury po arkheologii Blizhnego Vostoka. V nastoi͡ashchee vremi͡a rabotaet v T͡Sentre issledovanii͡a diaspory Telʹ-Avivskogo universiteta, gde zanimaetsi͡a analizom publikat͡siĭ istoricheskikh materialov. Avtor povesti "Kabare v Berline", novell v alʹmanakhe "Literaturnyĭ prestizh". Chlen Soi͡uza russkoi͡azychnykh pisateleĭ Izraili͡a.V 1940 godu vo vremi͡a arkheologicheskikh raskopok v podmandatnoĭ Palestine bessledno ischezaet talantlivyĭ amerikanskiĭ arkheolog-preistorik. Ego imi͡a postepenno predaëtsi͡a zabvenii͡u v nauchnoĭ srede, a obstoi͡atelʹstva posledneĭ ėkspedit͡sii stanovi͡atsi͡a predmetom slukhov i nedomolvok. Spusti͡a polveka molodoĭ izrailʹskiĭ arkheolog pytaetsi͡a naĭti razgadku ego tainstvennogo ischeznovenii͡a. Rabotai͡a s arkhivami, publikat͡sii͡ami i svidetelʹstvami ochevidt͡sev, arkheolog prikhodit k vyvodu, chto zdesʹ skryvaetsi͡a chʹi͡a-to produmannai͡a konspirat͡sii͡a. Materialy obrastai͡ut sobytii͡ami i sudʹbami li͡udeĭ, tak ili inache prichastnykh k biografii geroi͡a. V tragedii odnogo cheloveka otrazheny istoricheskie potri͡asenii͡a i dukhovnye kompromissy, kotorye delai͡ut vozmozhnymi katastrofy XX i XXI vekov.

Leonid Rankov was born in Leningrad. Historian, bibliographer, and archaeologist. Graduated from the Library Faculty of the Leningrad State Institute of Culture (1971). He worked as the head of the library, senior librarian at the Leningrad State University Scientific Library, and as a tour guide at the Peter and Paul Fortress Museum and Leningrad memorials. In the eighties, he participated in archaeological expeditions to Central Asia.In Israel, from 1989 to 2018, he served as Chief librarian and referent of the Library of the Israel Antiquities Authority, one of the world's largest collections of literature on the archaeology of the Middle East. Currently, he works at the Center for Diaspora Studies at Tel Aviv University, where he analyzes publications of historical materials. He is the author of the novel "Cabaret in Berlin", short stories in the almanac "Literary Prestige". Member of the Union of Russian-language Writers of Israel.In 1940, during archaeological excavations in mandatory Palestine, a talented American prehistoric archaeologist disappears without a trace. His name is gradually being forgotten in the scientific community, and the circumstances of the last expedition are becoming the subject of rumors and innuendos. Half a century later, a young Israeli archaeologist is trying to find the answer to his mysterious disappearance. Working with archives, publications, and eyewitness accounts, the archaeologist comes to the conclusion that someone's elaborate conspiracy is hiding here. The materials are overgrown with events and the fates of people involved in the hero's biography in one way or another. The tragedy of one man reflects the historical upheavals and spiritual compromises that make the catastrophes of the 20th and 21st centuries possible.