Alexandr Kapto

Alexandr Semenovich Kapto (b. April 14, 1933 in the Upper Tarasovka village, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast (Ukraine)) — a Russian and Ukrainian scientist, sociologist and political scientist; a diplomat, journalist, politician and statesman; Cand. (Philosophy; 1967), Ph.D. (1985), at present time he is Head of the "UNESCO" International Board of the Institute of Socio-Political Research under the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Chairman of the Expert Council under the Top Certifying Commission for Political Science; Chairman of the Council for Defending a Doctoral Thesis under the Institute of Socio-Political Research (ISPR RAS) (sociology of spiritual life and management), Vice-President of the Academy of Social Sciences, a member of the Presidium of the Academy of Political Science.

A. Kapto graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk University in 1957 majoring in the problems of war and peace, international relations, political sociology, sociology of morality and education, social activity of youths, professional ethics.

A. Kapto is a member of the Union of Russian Writers. In 1971 and 1974 he received first-degree diploma, certificate for winning the All-Union Competition for the best popular science works. He was a Soviet Ambassador to Cuba, the last Soviet and first Russian Ambassador to the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.

Awards and Prizes

*3 Orders of the Red Banner;
*Order of Friendship of Peoples;
*Cuban Order of "Solidarity";
*S. Vavilov’s Medal for “Outstanding Contribution to Spreading Scientific Knowledge, Enlightened and Humanitarian Activities”.

A. Kapto is an Honorary Citizen of Denver, USA.

Bibliography

By A. Kapto
*Social activity as a moral trait of an individual. Kiev, 1968.
*Public activity of youths. M., 1971.
*Class education: methodology, theory, practice. M., 1985.
*Political memoirs. M., 1996.
*Nobel peacemakers. M., 2002.
*Encyclopedia of the world. M., 2002 and 2005.
*From the bellicose culture to the culture of peace. M., 2002.

ee also

*Institute of Socio-Political Research

External links

* [http://www.ras.ru/index.aspx?_Language=en/ Official Web site of the Russian Academy of Sciences]
* [http://www.ispr.ru/ The official web site of the Institute of Socio-Political Research]
* [http://www.ispr.ru/STRUCT/OFFICE/newoffice15.html/ The UNESCO International Board of the Institute of Socio-Political Research]

ources

* [http://www.ispr.ru/STRUCT/direc/kapto.html/ A. Kapto’s biography] (in Russian)