Gennady Osipov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gennady Osipov

Russian academic

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1929

Place of Birth: Ruzayevka, Republic of Mordovia, Russia

Profession: university teacher, sociologist, philosopher

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Gennady Osipov

  • Gennady Vasilievich Osipov (Russian: ???????? ?????????? ??????) (born June 27, 1929 in Ruzayevka, Mordovia) is a Russian scientist, sociologist and philosopher, Ph.D., Professor, full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Sciences /RAS/ since 1991; scientific leader 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. 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.
  • 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. 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).

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