Georgy Vasilovich Shchokin (ukr.: Гео́ргій Васи́льович Що́кін) (born May 27, 1954, in

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is a Ukrainian (of Russian ethnicity) businessman, sociologist,

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and a

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. He is also the founder and owner of MAUP (a private college known for its close ties with David Duke and other

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s).

Biography

Schokin graduated in 1981 from the Kyiv Pedagogical Institute.Конец времен: пророчества и комментарии
/ref> He is the founder and owner of the

Interregional Academy of Personnel Management Interregional Academy of Personnel Management ( uk, Міжрегіональна Академія управління персоналом (МАУП), translit.: ''Mizhrehional'na Akademiya upravlinnya personalom'', English acronym: MAUP) is a pr ...

. Shchokin heads the Ukrainian "Miloserdiye" Foundation. He is a part owner and vice-president of the two

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es — International Biographical Centre ( UK) and American Biographical Institute that have been described as

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operations.

References

External links

* Хто є хто в Україні 1997: Біографічний словник. — К., 1997. — С. 302—303.
Межрегиональная академия управления персоналом
* American Biographical Institute 1954 births Living people Ukrainian publishers (people) Holocaust deniers Businesspeople from Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian people of Russian descent Antisemitism in Ukraine National Pedagogical Dragomanov University alumni Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine {{Ukraine-bio-stub