Alexey Viktorovich Gaidukov (; born 15 June 1974) is a Russian

religious scholar Religious studies, also known as religiology or the study of religion, is the study of religion from a historical or scientific perspective. There is no consensus on what qualifies as ''religion'' and its definition is highly contested. It des ...

, specialist in

new religious movement A new religious movement (NRM), also known as a new religion, is a religious or Spirituality, spiritual group that has modern origins and is peripheral to its society's dominant religious culture. NRMs can be novel in origin, or they can be part ...

s (especially

Modern Paganism Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, spans a range of new religious movements variously influenced by the Paganism, beliefs of pre-modern peoples across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. Despite some comm ...

). He is the son of the surgeon . Gaidukov was born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

, in the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

. In 1991 he graduated from secondary school No. 248 in Leningrad. In 1996 he graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences

Herzen University Herzen University, or formally the Russian State Pedagogical University in the name of A. I. Herzen () is a university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was formerly known as the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute. It is one of the largest ...

and, in 1999, a full-time Ph.D. program in the Department of Religious Studies there. In 2000 in the Herzen University under professor he defended his PhD thesis on "The Ideology and Practice of Slavic Neo-Paganism" (specialty 09.00.06 -

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known Text (literary theo ...

) against professor , and Associate Professor N. V. Nosovich, for the

Museum of the History of Religion The Museum of the History of Religion is a museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The museum was created in 1932 by a decision of the Presidium of the Soviet Academy of Sciences as the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism and was housed in ...

. In 1995–2001, Gaidukov was a teacher of history, law, and social studies at secondary school No. 551 in St. Petersburg. In 2001-2015 - Senior Lecturer (since 2001) and Associate Professor (since 2004) of the Department of Religious Studies, and since 2015 - Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology and Religious Studies, since 1 September 2018 - Associate Professor of the Department of History of Religions and Theology. Herzen University. Since 2003 - curator of the student scientific society of the department. In 2003–2013, he was an associate professor at the Baltic Academy of Tourism and Entrepreneurship. In 2004–2009, he was an associate professor at the Interregional Institute of Economics and Law at the Interparliamentary Assembly

Eurasian Economic Community The Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC or EurAsEC) was a regional organisation between 2000 and 2014 which aimed for the economic integration of its member states. The organisation originated from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) o ...

. Since 2012, Gaidukov has been the head of the Etna Center for Religious Studies. Since 1997, he has been a member of the Scientific and Methodological Council for Religious Studies of the society "Knowledge" of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region"» and since 2002 - a member of the society "Knowledge" of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region"». Since 2007, he has been a member of the Russian Association of Researchers of Religion (Российское объединение исследователей религии). Since 2018, he has been a member of the Russian Religious Society (Русское религиоведческое общество).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaidukov, Alexey Viktorovich 1974 births Academics from Saint Petersburg Russian historians of religion Russian academics Herzen University alumni Academic staff of Herzen University Living people Pagan studies scholars

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