V osnove knigi ležit tekst dissertacionnogo issledovanija Zurvanizm kak fenomen duchovnoj kul′tury drevnego i rannesrednevekovogo Irana, začšičšennogo avtorom na filosofskom fakul′tete MGU im. M.V.Lomonosova v 2008 g. i stavšego odnim iz pobeditelej konkursa na lučšuju kandidatskuju dissertaciju, ežegodno provodimogo učenym sovetom filosofskogo fakul′teta. V issledovanii predprinimaetsja popytka rekonstruirovat′ fenomen zurvanizma, kotoryj ponimaetsja avtorom kak iranskoe religiozno-filosofskoe učenie, ili krug idej, osnovannych na priznanii verchovenstva Vremeni i Sud′by i pessimističeskoj antropologii. Za osnovu berutsja analogičnye izyskanija zapadnoevropejskich iranistov, prežde vsego R.Č.Cenera i CH.S.Njuberga. Rassmatrivaetsja širokij krug voprosov: metodologičeskie problemy issledovanija zurvanizma, istoričeskaja ėksplikacija zurvanizma, problema poiska i opredelenija ego idejnych istokov; rekonstruirujutsja zurvanitskie mify, kosmologičeskie i antropologičeskie predstavlenija. Ključevye slova: zurvanizm, zervanizm, zoroastrizm, mazdeizm, mazdajasnizm, Iran, istorija religij, religioznaja antropologija. This book is based on the dissertation “Zervanism as the phenomenon of spiritual culture in ancient and early medieval Iran” which was defended in MSU in 2008 and won the prize as one of the best theses of that year. The author attempts to reconstruct the phenomenon of “Zurvanism” which is percieved by him as an Iranian religious-philosophical teaching or a circle of ideas based on recognizing the supremace of Time and Destiny and pessimistic anthropological thoughts. The author elaborates the conceptions of European iranists, mostly R.C.Zaehner and H.S.Nyberg. A wide range of issues is examined: methodological problems, zurvanite myths, cosmological and anthropological thoughts, its historical explications and origins. Keywords: Zurvanism, Zervanism, Zrvanism, Zoroastrianism, Mazdeism, Mazdaysnian religion, Iran, History of religion, Religious anthropology.