Vladimir Petrukhin (full name: Vladimir Yakovlevich Petrukhin, ; born on July 25, 1950, in Pushkino, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian historian, archaeologist and ethnographer, Doctor of Historical Sciences (since 1994), chief research fellow of the Medieval Section in the Institute of Slavic Studies in the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor of Higher School of Economics.
BiographyVladimir Petrukhin, official website of the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Vladimir Petrukhin was born on July 25, 1950, in Pushkino, Moscow Oblast.
1957–1965 – First High School in Pushkino. 1962–1967 – Young Archaeologists Club in Museum of History and Reconstruction of Moscow. 1967 – graduated from Fifth High School in Pushkino with a silver medal. 1967–1972 – student of Faculty of History of the Moscow State University. 1972 – graduated from the Faculty of History, qualification as historian, teacher of history and social science with knowledge of foreign language. 1972–1975 – postgraduate student at the Department of Archeology of Faculty of History (prof. Daniil Avdusin was a doctoral advisor). 1975 – defended a candidate thesis The Funeral Cult of Pagan Scandinavia (prof. Daniil Avdusin was a doctoral advisor); academic degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences was conferred. 1975–1992 – superior editor, scientific editor, senior scientific editor in the Editorial Office of Archaeology and Ethnography and the Editorial Office of World History of publisher "Soviet Encyclopedia". 1991–2004 – professor of Dubnov Higher School for the Humanities (until 2003 it was Jewish University in Moscow). since 1992 – superior, senior, chief research fellow of Institute of Slavic Studies (until 1995 it was Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 1994 – defended a doctoral thesis The Problems of Ethnic and Cultural History of Slavs and Rus in the 9th–11th Centuries () in Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies; academic degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences was conferred. since 1992 – member of the academic council of the Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization "Sefer". 1997–2015 professor of the Department of Russian History of Middle Ages and Modern Period (until 2007 – the Department of Russian History of Ancient World and Middle Ages, until 2013 – the Department of Russian History of Middle Ages and Early Modern Period) in History and Archives Institute in the Russian State University for the Humanities. 2004 – Ministry of Education of Russia conferred to Vladimir Petrukhin the academic status of professor in the Department of Russian History of Ancient World and Middle Ages. since 2008 – professor of School of History in Faculty of Humanities in Higher School of Economics.
Vladimir Petrukhin was awarded Diploma of Open Society Institute (1996) for the victory in the contest "New Books on Social Sciences and Humanities for High School"; Medal of Slavic Fund of Russia (2010) for the great contribution to the preservation and development of the heritage of Cyril and Methodius; Likhachov Prize (2015) for monograph Rus in the 9th–10th Centuries. From Varangians Invitation to the Сhoice of Faith ().
Researches
Vladimir Petrukhin researches Russian medieval history, archaeology and culture (Slavs, Scandinavians, Khazars) (including Old Rus), ethnography of North and East Europe (Slavs, Jews, Finnic peoples). The research works is characterized by complex approach and a use of all sources. Vladimir Petrukhin created new conception of early Russian history, in which geopolitics, ethnic and cultural history were key points (monographs: The Beginning of Ethnic and Cultural History of Rus in the 9th–11th Centuries, , 1995; Rus in the 9th–10th Centuries. From Varangians Invitation to the Сhoice of Faith, , 2013, 2014).