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Professor Zubov speaks English, Thai and French.
Professor Zubov speaks English, Thai and French.

== Academic Career and Publications ==
Initially, Andrey Zubov focused himself on the political history of [[Thailand]] and Asian parliamentary systems. Under the influence of the famous Russian indianist, Vsevolod Sementsov and his wife, Olga Zubova (Egyptologist) he became interested in comparative religious studies<ref>{{Cite book|title=Всеволод Сергеевич Семенцов и российская индология|last=Сост. В. К. Шохин; ред. коллегия: A. M. Дубянский и др.|first=|publisher=Вост. лит.|year=2008|isbn=|location=Moscow|pages=}}</ref>.

Since 1993, he has been lecturing and writing books on the history of religious ideas. He taught the history of religious ideas at [[Moscow Theological Academy]] (1988–1994), [[Russian Orthodox University]] (1994–2011), [[Moscow State Institute of International Relations|MGIMO]] (2001–2014), [[Russian State University for the Humanities]] (1994–1998), etc.

In 2006, he became the editor-in-chief of a multivolume book on Russian history, ’History of Russia. XX century.’ The writing team united more than 45 contributors from Russia, Russian diaspora, European and American specialists in Russian studies (Vittorio Strada, [[Richard Pipes]]). The project was originally developed under the leadership of [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], who read and edited most of the manuscript (approximately until 1956), but in autumn 2007. Solzhenitsyn chose to take distance from it (the reasons are revealed in his letter to Zubov, a copy of which is available in the blog russia_xx<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://russia-xx.livejournal.com/6074.html?style=mine|title=О Солженицыне и книге «История России. XX век»|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>) The book was published in two volumes in 2009 (volume 1: Introductory chapter and 1894–1939 period, volume 2: 1939-2007 period). In 2016-17 a new three-volume edition came out (volume 1: Introductory Chapter and 1894–1922 period; Volume 2: 1923-1953 period; Volume 3: 1953-2008 period).

The book was translated in [[Czech language|Czech]] and published in two volumes in Prague<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://argo.cz/knihy/dejiny-ruska-20-stoleti-1dil/|title=Dějiny Ruska 20. století – 1.díl|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>.

Since his expulsion from the MGIMO, Professor Zubov has made frequent appearances in opposition media, expressing himself among other issues on historical matters.

In 2014 A.B.Zubov was awarded the title of [[Honorary doctor|Honorary Doctor]] of the [[National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy|Kyiv-Mohyla Academy]] (Ukraine), in 2019 he became an Honorary Doctor of [[Masaryk University]] (Brno, Czech Republic).


==Awards==
==Awards==

Revision as of 18:03, 1 November 2019

Andrey Borisovich Zubov
Андрей Борисович Зубов
Zubov, 16 October 2008
Born (1952-01-16) January 16, 1952 (age 72)
Moscow
NationalityRussian
Citizenship Soviet Union (1952–1991) →  Russia (1991–present)
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations
Scientific career
Fieldshistory
Institutions

Andrey Borisovich Zubov (Template:Lang-ru, born 16 January 1952, Moscow) is a Russian historian, religion scholar and political scientist, Doctor of History, prominent public person, church figure, political activist and commentator. Vice-president of People's Freedom Party.

Former Professor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).[1][2] He temporarily lost his job after making a comparison of the deployment of Russian troops in Crimea with Hitler's annexation of Austria in the Russian Newspaper Vedomosti.[3] One month later he was reinstated to his position[4][5] until his contract at the MGIMO officially expired.

Biography

Andrey Zubov was born on January 16, 1952, in Moscow. He Graduated from Moscow School No. 56 in 1968. In the same year, he entered the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Department of International Relations).

Upon his graduation in 1973, he started working at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

In 1978, he defended his candidate’s thesis on ‘Experience of parliamentary democracy research in Thailand’.

In 1989, he defended his doctoral thesis in history on ‘Parliamentary democracy and political tradition of the East’.

Between 1988 and 1994, he taught history of religions at the Moscow Theological Academy, where he was appointed associate professor in 1990[6].

From 1994 to 2012, he was Head of the Department of Religion Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of the Russian Orthodox University[6].

In 2001, he resigned from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and moved to MGIMO where he became professor at the Department of Philosophy and also headed the University Center on ‘Church and International Relations’.

In March 2014 Andrey Zubov was fired following his criticism of the actions of the Russian government in Ukraine and Crimea (for ‘committing an act of indecency’, as the official order read). However, the Presidential Commission to Protect Labour Rights declared the dismissal illegal and he was reinstated to his position on 11 April 2014 and continued to work until the formal expiration of his contract on June 30, 2014.

In 2009–2014, he was a member of the Synodal Biblical-Theological Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church and a member of its Inter-Council Presence. He is one of the authors of the ‘Basic Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church’ (2000)[7].

In 2014–2018, he was a columnist at Novaya Gazeta[6].

Starting from 2014, he has been giving public lectures at various venues and on the Internet on history of philosophy, history of religious ideas, and on the Russian history.

He has edited two volumes of "Russian History: 20th Century."

He is one of leading members of People's Freedom Party. He ran for Duma in 2016 and came in the third place in the Moscow Center constituency[8].

Professor Zubov speaks English, Thai and French.

Academic Career and Publications

Initially, Andrey Zubov focused himself on the political history of Thailand and Asian parliamentary systems. Under the influence of the famous Russian indianist, Vsevolod Sementsov and his wife, Olga Zubova (Egyptologist) he became interested in comparative religious studies[9].

Since 1993, he has been lecturing and writing books on the history of religious ideas. He taught the history of religious ideas at Moscow Theological Academy (1988–1994), Russian Orthodox University (1994–2011), MGIMO (2001–2014), Russian State University for the Humanities (1994–1998), etc.

In 2006, he became the editor-in-chief of a multivolume book on Russian history, ’History of Russia. XX century.’ The writing team united more than 45 contributors from Russia, Russian diaspora, European and American specialists in Russian studies (Vittorio Strada, Richard Pipes). The project was originally developed under the leadership of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who read and edited most of the manuscript (approximately until 1956), but in autumn 2007. Solzhenitsyn chose to take distance from it (the reasons are revealed in his letter to Zubov, a copy of which is available in the blog russia_xx[10]) The book was published in two volumes in 2009 (volume 1: Introductory chapter and 1894–1939 period, volume 2: 1939-2007 period). In 2016-17 a new three-volume edition came out (volume 1: Introductory Chapter and 1894–1922 period; Volume 2: 1923-1953 period; Volume 3: 1953-2008 period).

The book was translated in Czech and published in two volumes in Prague[11].

Since his expulsion from the MGIMO, Professor Zubov has made frequent appearances in opposition media, expressing himself among other issues on historical matters.

In 2014 A.B.Zubov was awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine), in 2019 he became an Honorary Doctor of Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic).

Awards

In 1998 Zubov was awarded by the "Znamia" fund. He is an author of 5 monographs and about 150 published scholarly papers.

Books

  • Парламентаризм в Таиланде: Опыт исследования современного восточного общества методом анализа избирательной статистики. М., Наука: Главная ред. восточной литературы, (Parliamentarism in Thailand, 1982).
  • Парламентская демократия и политическая традиция Востока. М., Наука, Главная редакция восточной литературы, (Parliamentary democracy and the political tradition of the East, 1990).
  • L’Euroasia del Nord : Il rischio del caos dopo l’impero sovetico / Ed.San Paolo.- Turin — Milano, 1994.
  • Обращение к русскому национальному правопорядку как нравственная задача и политическая цель. Москва: Группа Гросс, 1997.
  • История религии. Кн. 1. Доисторические и внеисторические религии. М., «Планета детей», 1997.
  • Editor of Istoriia Rossii, XX vek. 2 vols., Moscow, 2009

References

  1. ^ "Миряне". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Яндекс.Новости: Главные новости сегодня, самые свежие и последние новости России онлайн". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. ^ RFE/RL (25 August 2015). "Eight Russians Who Have Taken A Stand". Retrieved 12 August 2016 – via Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.
  4. ^ "Право на восстановление". Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  5. ^ "Russia This Week: Professor Dismissed for Crimean Criticism Reinstated (April 7–11)". www.interpretermag.com. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  6. ^ a b c "Official Facebook Page". Facebook.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Moscow Patriarchate Official Website".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "People's Freedom Party. List of candidates for election".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Сост. В. К. Шохин; ред. коллегия: A. M. Дубянский и др. (2008). Всеволод Сергеевич Семенцов и российская индология. Moscow: Вост. лит.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "О Солженицыне и книге «История России. XX век»".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Dějiny Ruska 20. století – 1.díl".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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