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Электронное приложение к журналу «Международная жизнь»
Kondrashov, and Igor Belyaev. He was friends with all of them, and as for Tomas, they were
pretty well inseparable. Yevgeny Maksimovich never refused to address young people who aspired
to become international journalists. In this way, I first saw him in 1968, when he came to the
Moscow State Institute of International Relations to speak about the situation in the Middle
East.
From that moment, he became a part of our life. As I opened a copy of Pravda I would read an
article by Primakov without fail. He always made some interesting point, always had common
sense and offered wonderful observations. Generally, I should say that Yevgeny Maksimovich
was a remarkable person for several reasons; he was a methodical and highly sensible person.
"Sensible" may sound banal, but in our challenging era common sense is of paramount impor-
tance.
Konstantin Dolgov,
Professor, Doctor of Science (Philosophy)
I was struck by his knowledge of world culture, above
all Russian classical literature, as well as the classical
literature of the West and the East from ancient days
to the present. He cited passages from various trea-
tises, novels, poems, and verses, providing thorough
and apt characterizations of the authors of those
works, which pointed to his excellent artistic and es-
thetic taste. Even his research stands out for a good literary language and an artistic style.