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Vadim Gigin
Vadim Gigin (; ; born October 21, 1977) is a Belarusian propagandist, TV host, historian and politician. He was included into a List of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus, sanctions list of the European Union in 2011–2016 and since 2023. Biography In 1999 Gigin graduated from the History Faculty of the Belarusian State University and worked in the press service of the Prosecution Service of the Republic of Belarus under another well-known propagandist, Jury Azaryonok. In 2006–2008 Gigin was head of the Minsk city branch of the state youth organization, the Belarusian Republican Youth Union. From 2008 to 2016, Gigin was chief editor of the magazine Bielaruskaja Dumka, published by the Presidential Administration of Belarus. From 2016 to 2021, Gigin was the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the Belarusian State University. He was also moderator of a political talk show on the state-owned TV channel O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian State University
The Belarusian State University (BSU) (, ; ) is a university in Minsk, Belarus. It was founded on October 30, 1921. The university was ranked 387th in the world in the 2023 QS World University Rankings. History 1919–1949 On February 25, 1919, the Central Executive Committee of the Belorussian SSR resolved to establish the first national university in Belarus. However, the occupation of Minsk by the Polish army delayed these plans, and the university's opening was set back to October 30, 1921. Initially, the university comprised three faculties (Workers, Medicine, and Humanities) that enrolled a total of 1,390 students. The faculty included 14 professors, 49 lecturers and 10 teaching assistants, most of whom were transferred from the universities of Moscow, Kazan and Kiev. In 1922, the Pedagogical Faculty was established. The first class that counted 34 economists and 26 lawyers graduated in 1925. By 1930, the university consisted of six faculties: Workers, Medicine, Pedagogic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
