Vladimir Dergachev Explained

Vladimir Alexandrovich Dergachev (Russian: Владимир Александрович Дергачёв, Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Дергачов; born 9 September 1945) is a Russian^[1] geographer whose professional activity is focused on geopolitics. He is a member of the Union of Journalists of Ukraine and, since 1976, of the Institute of Market Problems and Economic-Environmental Research of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR and its successor, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.^[2] He is also an honorary member of the Ukrainian Geographical Society.^[3]

Early life and education

Vladimir Dergachev was born on 9 September 1945 in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian SFSR, in the family of a military officer.^[4] He completed his schooling in Astrakhan in 1962, before moving to Moscow for his university studies.^[5] In 1967 he graduated with a degree in economic geography from the Geography faculty of Moscow State University, where he also completed his aspirantura in 1976, under the supervision of Yulian Saushkin,^[6] and in 1987 obtained the degree of Doktor nauk in Geography.^{[7] [8]}

Professional activity

After graduation in 1967 Dergachev worked as an engineer-economist for Gosstroy in the Byelorussian SSR and in the meteorological service of the Soviet Armed Forces, achieving the rank of senior lieutenant.^[9] In the 1971-1972 period he held a scientific position at the Pacific Institute of Geography of the Far East branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union,^[10] before returning to Moscow for his postgraduate studies. He has resided in Odesa since 1976, remaining in the country after independence. Dergachev held a professorship in international economics at Odessa State University between 1976 and 1991, concurrently with his research position at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.^{[11] [12]} In 1998 he founded the Institute for Geostrategic Technologies (Geopolitics) of Professor Dergachev, which he later transformed into a website where he publishes a series of electronic journals as well as his own articles.^[13] Between 2001 and 2018 he returned to the now renamed Odesa National University, where he held a professorship in economics, and since 2016 he has taught at Odesa National Maritime University.^[14]

Publications

Dergachev has authored over 700 scientific and popular writings, and is a frequent contributor to both Russian and Ukrainian media.^[15] The following are some of his publications:

Books (in Russian):

• Geopolitika (Kyiv: VIRA-R, 2000)
• Geoeconomika (Kyiv: VIRA-R, 2002)
• Tsivilizatsionnaya geopolitika: Geofilosofiia (Kyiv: VIRA-R, 2004)
• Geopolitika: Uchebnoe posobie (Moscow: UNITI-DANA, 2004)
• Regionovedenie (Moscow: UNITI-DANA, 2004, co-authored by L.B. Vardomsky)
• Mezhdunarodnye ekonomicheskie otnosheniia (Moscow: UNITI-DANA, 2005)
• Globalistika (Moscow: UNITI-DANA, 2005)
• Geopoliticheskie slovar-spravochnik (Kyiv: KNT, 2009)

Articles:

• "Исторические циклы хозяйственного освоения территории", Вестник Московского университета. Серия геогр., 1976, № 2 (in Russian, translated into English as "Historical Cycles of Economic Development of a Territory", Soviet Geography, Vol. XVIII, No 6, 1977, pp. 410—414).
• "Природно-хозяйственная контактная зона «суша-океан»", Известия Всесоюзного географического общества, 1980, том 112, вып.1 (in Russian, translated into English as "The Physical-Economic Contact Zone Be-tween Land and Sea", Soviet Geography, Vol. XXII, No 8, 1981, pp. 484—491).
• "Peculiarities in the Formation of Populated Places on the Seaboard of the USSR", Soviet Geography, vol. XXVII, No 3, 1986, pp. 143—155.

External links

• Personal site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Институт геополитики профессора Дергачева - Аналитический и образовательный портал .
2. Web site: ДЕРГАЧЕВ Владимир Александрович - Наши ученые - Научная элита Одессы . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025234919/http://scienceleaders.net.ua/article/a-54.html . 2016-10-25 .
3. Web site: Сайт профессора Дергачева | БИОГРАФИЯ .
4. Web site: Сайт профессора Дергачева | БИОГРАФИЯ .
5. Web site: Сайт профессора Дергачева | БИОГРАФИЯ .
6. Web site: Профессор Владимир Дергачев. Мои учителя в науке и жизни . 31 August 2020 .
7. Web site: ДЕРГАЧЕВ Владимир Александрович - Наши ученые - Научная элита Одессы . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025234919/http://scienceleaders.net.ua/article/a-54.html . 2016-10-25 .
8. Web site: Сайт профессора Дергачева | БИОГРАФИЯ .
9. Web site: Сайт профессора Дергачева | БИОГРАФИЯ .
10. Web site: Сайт профессора Дергачева | БИОГРАФИЯ .
11. Web site: Сайт профессора Дергачева | БИОГРАФИЯ .
12. Web site: ДЕРГАЧЕВ Владимир Александрович - Наши ученые - Научная элита Одессы . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025234919/http://scienceleaders.net.ua/article/a-54.html . 2016-10-25 .
13. Web site: Сайт профессора Дергачева | БИОГРАФИЯ .
14. Web site: Сайт профессора Дергачева | БИОГРАФИЯ .
15. Web site: Сайт профессора Дергачева | БИОГРАФИЯ .