On February 15, 2012, a prominent scientist, a well-known Africanist, Boris Borisovich Runov, who worked for about fifty years at the Institute of Africa of the USSR Academy of Sciences (RAS), passed away.

B. B. Runov was born in 1931 in Moscow. In 1956 he graduated from the Faculty of Economics of MGIMO University of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1961, he entered full-time postgraduate studies at the Institute of Africa of the USSR Academy of Sciences, after which he defended his PhD thesis in 1965 on the topic "The activities of United Africa during the collapse of the colonial system in Africa".

B. B. Runov worked at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1964 (as a senior researcher since 1967). In 1969, he was awarded the scientific title of senior researcher. Since 2004-Leading researcher. From 1974 to 1979, he led the Group on the Impact of the Scientific and Technological Revolution (STD) on African countries, and from 1988 to 1998, he was head of the Sector of Global Problems of our time.

Over the years of his fruitful activity, B. B. Runov has published many scientific works. The main area of his research is the impact of the world scientific and technological revolution on the socio - economic development of African countries. For the first time in Russian literature, B. B. Runov summarized and included in scientific circulation materials on the impact of scientific and technological progress on socio-economic processes in Africa. The first work on this topic was published in 1967 in the collective monograph "The Anti-Imperialist Revolution in Africa".

B. B. Runov was distinguished by his deep erudition and comprehensive approach to the problems under study. He studied, in particular, such aspects as the impact of scientific and technological development on the formation and use of labor resources in Africa, the specifics of the formation of national scientific and technical potentials and the role of the state in this process (state scientific and technical policy), foreign economic relations in the field of science and technology (technology transfer and TNC policy), conditions and prospects use of advanced technologies, etc. During his time at the Institute, he published about 150 scientific papers in these areas, including several individual monographs. B. B. Runov served as a responsible editor and head of the author's team or as a member of the editorial board of a number of collective monographs, and was also a co-author in many collective works. He actively participated in the preparation of scientific reports and analytical materials for the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences and various government organizations.

For several years, B. B. Runov combined scientific research with scientific, organizational and editorial work as a deputy Director of the Institute. Executive editor and group leader of the Yearbook "Africa in Soviet Studies" in English. He has repeatedly participated in various scientific conferences, symposia and seminars, including international ones.

In recent years, B. B. Runov has been closely involved in the study of new problems for Africa, the impact of globalization and the information revolution on the economy of the continent. During this period, he published three individual monographs, a number of sections in collective collections, articles in the journals "Asia and Africa Today" and "Orient (Oriens)". He worked until the last day, being a co-author and executive editor of the scientific collection "The Development Potential of sub-Saharan Africa" (Moscow, 2012).

A talented scientist, decent, sympathetic and friendly person, Boris Borisovich Runov has always taken an active life position. He will always remain in the memory of those who worked with him and knew him.

STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE OF AFRICA, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

MAIN SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF B. B. RUNOV

Neocolonialist policy of trade monopolies in independent African countries (On the example of Ghana and Nigeria) // Economics of Africa, Moscow, 1965, pp. 139-158.

"United Africa Companies", Moscow: Nauka, GRVL, 1966, 178 p.

In: Anti - Imperialist Revolution in Africa, Moscow, 1967, Author: Colonialism as a Barrier to Economic Development, pp. 21-42; Influence of world scientific and Technological progress on Africa, pp. 217-230.

Cooperation of the Soviet Union with African countries in the training of national cadres // Ekonomicheskoe sotrudnichestvo SSSR s stranami Afrika [Economic cooperation of the USSR with African countries], Moscow, 1968, pp. 155-179.

In: Scientific and Technical revolution and developing countries, Moscow, 1973, Author: Scientific and technical progress in the countries of the "third world": some laws and trends, pp. 54-72 (together with V. A. Yashkin); Some problems of formation and use of labor resources in Africa. P. 137-149.

Nauchno-tekhnicheskaya revolyutsiya i problemy sotsial'no-ekonomicheskogo razvitiya stran Afrika [Scientific and technical progress and Labor resources of African countries]. Moscow, 1976, pp. 119-139. 199 s).

The role of the public sector using labor force // the Public sector in Africa. M., 1976. Page 243 - 252.

Afrika v 70 - 80-e gg.: stanovlenie natsional'noi ekonomiki i strategiya razvitiya [Africa in the 70-80s: formation of the national economy and development strategy]. Moscow, 1980. pp. 65-80.

Impact of scientific and technological progress on employment / / Productive forces of African countries: labor resources. Moscow, 1981. pp. 97-110; Introduction. pp. 3-9 (sovm. with others).

NTR and development of African countries / / Global problems of modernity and Africa. Moscow, 1983. pp. 39-56.

Strany Afrika v borbeke za perestroyku mezhdunarodnykh ekonomicheskikh otnosheniy [African countries in the struggle to overcome scientific and technical dependence]. Moscow, 1985, pp. 78-96.

Rol ' nauki i tekhniki v sotsial'no-ekonomicheskom razvitii [The role of science and technology in socio-economic development].

Aspects of development, Moscow: Nauka, GRVL, 1989, pp. 149-167.

Africa: the difficult path to Progress (science and technology in socio-economic development). Moscow: Nauka, GRVL, 1993. 125 p.

Africa's place in the transforming system of the world Economy. (Regional aspects of Global problems), Moscow, 1994, pp. 9-27 (co-authored with M. M. Golansky).

Foreign trade and currency control / / Drama of Africa: lessons of the past, problems of the present, outlines of the future. Moscow, 1997. pp. 159-180.

Global Community: changing Social and Cultural Paradigms (Review of Round table materials) / / Vostok (Oriens). 1998. N5. pp. 164-170.

Integration of Africa into the Global Economy: Trends, Problems, Prospects, Moscow: XXI vek Soglasie, 1999. 45 s.

Africa in the Global Information Space: Economic Aspects, Moscow: Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001.48 p.

Global Community Facing Change / / Global Community: Cartography of the post-modern world, Moscow, 2002, pp. 164-170.

Strategies for Africa's Development: a new look at the role of knowledge and Information Resources, Moscow: Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003, 68 p.

New in the system of international aid to Africa / / Asia and Africa Today. 2004. N 2. pp. 18-23.

Global information revolution in Africa / / Africa at the beginning of the XXI century. Problemy ekonomicheskogo razvitiya [Problems of Economic development], Moscow, 2005, pp. 53-58.

Ways of technological evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa // Asia and Africa today. 2005. N2. pp. 51-56.

Sub-Saharan Africa: Features of the Brain Drain problem / / Asia and Africa Today. 2006. N 2. pp. 43-47.

Features of the evolution of the technological structure of Sub-Saharan Africa // Ekonomicheskaya bezopasnost stran Afrika [Economic Security of African countries], Moscow, 2006, pp. 33-43.

Intellectual foundations for development: an agenda for Sub-Saharan Africa // Asia and Africa today. 2007. N 11. p. 36-41.

Intellectual foundations of development in Sub-Saharan Africa (in English) / / African Studies in Russia. Yearbook 2003 - 2007. M., 2009. From 22-34.

Sub-Saharan Africa: problems of formation of the scientific and technical complex / / Asia and Africa today. 2009. N 3. pp. 40-45.

Challenges of implementing modern technologies in Africa // The economy of Africa in the conditions of market transformations. M., 2010. Pp. 95 - 110.

Sub-Saharan Africa: new forms of business organization // Asia and Africa today. 2010. N 9. pp. 23-26.

Problems of formation and development of scientific and technical sector of the economy in sub-Saharan Africa // Industrial-financial, human and technological capacity of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. M., 2012. Pp. 7 - 33. (Resp. ed. 169 s).

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