Abstract: The article's research subject is the life course and becoming of the Russian orientalist Sergey Stefanovich Shchevelev, one of the leading specialists in the field of study of the history of the Near-Eastern conflict. Combining in himself a scholar-orientalist and a professor, for many years, teaching the history of the countries of Asia and Africa, Shchevelev with great ability adapted complicated material, while not simplifying it. Under his direction a series of specialists was raised, who are united by their general scientific school of Eastern studies which was formed by the celebrated scholar. Being reserved by nature and without ambitions of popularity, Sergey Stefanovich – a prolific scholar – author of more than 150 publications, including 9 monographs and 10 schoolbooks. The methodological foundation of this article is the systematic approach to scientific research, the principles of personal history with a basis of institutionalized, historical-genetic, socio-psychological and comparative methods. The article's novelty lies in the fact that its collective of authors for the first time in Russian sciences undertook a complex attempt to present the main development stages of the named specialist and the creative journey of the teacher S. S. Shchevelev, giving a short description of his main studies to aid scholars-orientalists. By revealing the multifaceted contribution of Sergey Stefanovich in the historical study of the question of Palestine and the Near East, in conjunction with his pedagogical mastery as a teacher, the article’s authors congratulate the scholar on his birthday and wish him further success in his scientific endeavors.