Igor Doubenko
Encyclopedia
Igor Doubenko-Lazarev is an international civil servant, career diplomat
and cross-cultural training specialist. He is the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Rights Educational Project
(UNHREP).
Among the most prominent members of the Lazarev Dynasty is Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev
, a 19th Century Russian Imperial Navy Officer, Admiral and Russian Imperial Black Sea Commander. "As a commander of the ship Mirny and Fabian von Bellingshausen's deputy on his world cruise in 1819-1821, Lazarev took part in the discovery of Antarctica and numerous islands."Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev
.
At the time of the Russian Civil War, Mr. Doubenko's great-grandfather, Mikhail Mikhailovich Lazarev, served as an officer with the "Armed Forces of South Russia" (White Guard
) under General Bredov http://r-g-d.ru/B/bredihin.htm#Бредов. "In those hardship years, when White Officers died daily in battle, it was easy to get promoted, often skipping a rank" #References. He retired from the Army in the rank of Staff-Captain. In the mid 1920s he left Russia for New Zealand, where he died in 1955.
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
and cross-cultural training specialist. He is the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Rights Educational Project
United Nations Human Rights Educational Project
The United Nations Human Rights Educational Project is a United NationsIt was founded in 2002 by the late United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello. Between years 2002 and 2004 UNHREP was headquartered in Hamilton, New Zealand...
(UNHREP).
Family lineage
Mr. Doubenko belongs to an ancient Russian nobility dynasty, the Lazarev family of Arzamass Uezd (Region) of Russia. The Dynasty was founded in the 17th century by Grigory Lazarev, a wealthy Arzamass Uesd land and property owner http://www.rulex.ru/01120056.htm.Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev
Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev was a Russian fleet commander and explorer who discovered Antarctica.-Education and early career:Lazarev was born in Vladimir, a scion of the old Russian nobility from the Vladimir province. In 1800, he enrolled in Russia's Naval College. Three years later he...
, a 19th Century Russian Imperial Navy Officer, Admiral and Russian Imperial Black Sea Commander. "As a commander of the ship Mirny and Fabian von Bellingshausen's deputy on his world cruise in 1819-1821, Lazarev took part in the discovery of Antarctica and numerous islands."Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev
Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev
Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev was a Russian fleet commander and explorer who discovered Antarctica.-Education and early career:Lazarev was born in Vladimir, a scion of the old Russian nobility from the Vladimir province. In 1800, he enrolled in Russia's Naval College. Three years later he...
.
At the time of the Russian Civil War, Mr. Doubenko's great-grandfather, Mikhail Mikhailovich Lazarev, served as an officer with the "Armed Forces of South Russia" (White Guard
White movement
The White movement and its military arm the White Army - known as the White Guard or the Whites - was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces.The movement comprised one of the politico-military Russian forces who fought...
) under General Bredov http://r-g-d.ru/B/bredihin.htm#Бредов. "In those hardship years, when White Officers died daily in battle, it was easy to get promoted, often skipping a rank" #References. He retired from the Army in the rank of Staff-Captain. In the mid 1920s he left Russia for New Zealand, where he died in 1955.