Gennady Osipov
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Gennady Vasilievich Osipov (b. June 27, 1929 in Ruzayevka
, Mordovia
) – a Russian scientist, sociologist and philosopher, Ph.D.
, Professor
, full member (academician
) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
/RAS/ since 1991; Director of the Institute of Socio-Political Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISPR RAS); President of the Russian Academy of Social Sciences (RASS); member of RAS Social Sciences Department Bureau; President of the Eurasian International Association; member of the Scientific Council of the Russian Security Council; Honorary President of the Russian Sociological Association.
G. Osipov graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) in 1952.
Thanks to his organizational and scientific activities, sociology
has become a vital component of humanitarian and social sciences
. Academician G. Osipov was the first to initiate sociological research in the USSR and stood behind the first Soviet sociological journal Sotsialnye issledovaniya (Social research) published since 1967. He made a major contribution to the development of theoretical and methodological basis of scientific analysis of the socio-political situation in Russia
with due regard for foreign sociological thought. In the 1960-70s he initiated the translation of the papers by American and British sociologists into Russian.
G. Osipov is the author of the first Russian textbook on sociology – Rabochaya kniga sotsiologa (Sociologist’s handbook) which was translated into various languages.
He penned over 250 scientific works on crucial issues of sociology and philosophy.
He initiated the establishment of two Institutes: The Institute of Sociology under the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the Institute of Socio-Political Research
(ISPR RAS).
Ruzayevka
Ruzayevka is a town in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, located on the Insar River, southwest of Saransk. Population: It was founded in 1631 as the village of Urazayevka , later known as Ruzayevka. It was granted town status in 1937....
, Mordovia
Mordovia
The Republic of Mordovia , also known as Mordvinia, is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the city of Saransk. Population: -Geography:The republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of Russia...
) – a Russian scientist, sociologist and philosopher, Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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, Professor
Professor
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, full member (academician
Academician
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) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
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/RAS/ since 1991; Director of the Institute of Socio-Political Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISPR RAS); President of the Russian Academy of Social Sciences (RASS); member of RAS Social Sciences Department Bureau; President of the Eurasian International Association; member of the Scientific Council of the Russian Security Council; Honorary President of the Russian Sociological Association.
G. Osipov graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) in 1952.
Thanks to his organizational and scientific activities, sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
has become a vital component of humanitarian and social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
. Academician G. Osipov was the first to initiate sociological research in the USSR and stood behind the first Soviet sociological journal Sotsialnye issledovaniya (Social research) published since 1967. He made a major contribution to the development of theoretical and methodological basis of scientific analysis of the socio-political situation in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
with due regard for foreign sociological thought. In the 1960-70s he initiated the translation of the papers by American and British sociologists into Russian.
G. Osipov is the author of the first Russian textbook on sociology – Rabochaya kniga sotsiologa (Sociologist’s handbook) which was translated into various languages.
He penned over 250 scientific works on crucial issues of sociology and philosophy.
He initiated the establishment of two Institutes: The Institute of Sociology under the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the Institute of Socio-Political Research
Institute of Socio-Political Research
The Institute of Socio-Political Research under the Russian Academy of Sciences – is a leading Russian academic research center. It is engaged in a fundamental and applied research of social and socio-political processes....
(ISPR RAS).