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Name: Aleksandr Arvelodovich Cherkasov (Alexander Claudius Cherkas)
Date of birth: April 23,1974
Place of birth: Sochi, USSR
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences, Dr. (History)
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Education
Higher, Sochi State University for Tourism and Recreation, specialty «a teacher of history» (1994−1999);
Completed at Kuban State University his candidate’s thesis, ‘The Peasant Movement in the Black Sea Region during the Revolution and Civil War’ (2002);
Defended a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences. The thesis, entitled ‘Kuban and the Black Sea Region during the Civil War (1917—1922): A Third Force in the Socio-Political Confrontation’ (2007);
Skolkovo Moscow School of Management via the ‘New Leaders in Higher Education’ program (2012−2013).
Experience
In 1999, began working as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of History at Sochi State University of Tourism and Resort Studies.
In 2002, after receiving the degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences, was appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Russian History.
In 2006, was appointed Head of the Department of Russian History.
2006—2012 — Founder and Head of a student research group that laid the foundation for an academic school of historical research.
2006—2020 — Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the historical journal Bylye Gody, indexed in Scopus and the Web of Science Core Collection.
2008—2012 — Combined teaching with administrative responsibilities, serving as Deputy Vice-Rector for Research and Head of the Research Department.
Since 2012 — Founder of the publishing house originally established as Academic Publishing House Researcher and renamed Cherkas Global University Press in 2021; Director, 2012—2026.
In 2014, founded and headed the International Network Center for Fundamental and Applied Research, headquartered in Sochi, Russian Federation. In spring of 2018, the organization was re-registered in Washington, D.C., USA.
Since 2015 − Founder and President of the East European Historical Society.
2017−2022 − Worked at Volgograd State University.
2017−2018 — Visiting Professor at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
2021−2026 − President of Cherkas Global University.
Since September 1, 2026 − Founder and Vice President of Cherkas Global University.
Research interests
The history of the Caucasus of the XVIII — XX centuries, the Civil war in Circassia (1785−1864), the Caucasian war (1801−1864), the traditions in the Caucasus, the slavery in the Caucasus, the slave trade, the history of public education in the Russian Empire, the system of public education in different areas of the Russian Empire in the period before 1917.
Membership in editorial boards:
Member of the editorial boards of scientific journals indexed by Web of Science: Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies (Slovenia), Rusin (Moldova), Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations (Russian Federation).
Membership in scientific public associations
Since 2015, President of Eastern European Historical Society
Since 2018, Member of American Historical Association
Field expeditions
2016—2019 A. Cherkasov took part in four Arctic expeditions as part of the Arctic Floating University program (2016 — the western coast of Novaya Zemlya; 2017 — Franz Josef Land; 2018 — the eastern and western coasts of Novaya Zemlya; 2019 — Spitsbergen).
In October 2018, participated in a field expedition in the highlands of Georgia (Shatili, Georgia). The result of the trip was scientific article.
Participation in research projects
Based on a grant from the Russian Humanities Research Foundation, Mr. Cherkasov masterminded and produced a work entitled ‘Collaborationism in Krasnodar Krai during the Period of German Occupation (1942—1943)’. Applied research project. Sochi (Sochi State University of Tourism and Resort), 2003. Position: Head.
Caucasus in the dialogue of civilizations: the mechanisms of global changes (the experience of XVIII — XIX cc.). Fundamental scientific research. Sochi, 2014−2016. Position: Head.
Development of virtual 3D reconstruction for historical objects. Fundamental research project. Volgograd (Volgograd State University), 2020. Position: Head.
And also in a number of other projects.
Other projects:
From 2012 to the present, the founder and general director of Academic Publishing House Researcher; in 2016 the total number of journals reached 53; in 2017, the publishing house was divided, 1 journal in Sochi, and 52 journals moved to Bratislava (Slovak Republic). The name of the company in Bratislava — Academic Publishing House Researcher s.r.o. Presently, out of 53 journals, 2 are indexed in Scopus and WoS (Bylye Gody and European Journal of Contemporary Education), 1 in Scopus (International Journal of Media and Information Literacy), 1 in WoS (Media Education (Mediaobrazovanie)), 3 journals in Chemical Abstracts Service — database of the American Chemical Society (European Journal of Medicine, European Journal of Molecular Biotechnology, European Reviews of Chemical Research). Among the publishing house’s journals there are highly specialized ones. For example, the english-language journal on the history of military propaganda (Propaganda in the World and Local Conflicts), journal of the history of slavery (Slavery: Theory and Practice) and etc. The publication of 7 pre-revolutionary journals was resumed (stopped publishing in 1917), namely: "Zhurnal ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniya", "Voennyi Sbornik", "Russkaya Starina", "Russkii arkhiv", "Vestnik politsii", "Voprosy filosofii i psikhologii" and "Zhurnal grazhdanskogo i ugolovnogo prava".
In 2013 created a full-text database OAJI (Open Academic Journals Index). Currently, more than 3.5 thousand journals from more than 128 countries are indexed.
In 2018 Eastern European Information Agency founded, its current purpose is to inform the world research and pedagogical community about the achievements in the research area about the history of Eastern Europe.
Management of dissertation researches
A.A. Cherkasov has served as a thesis advisor for a total of three candidates. Under Mr. Cherkasov’s guidance, K.V. Taran defended his dissertation, ‘The Black Sea Governorate during the First Russian Revolution’, in 2011, I.A. Ermachkov did his, ‘Sochi during the Perestroika (1985—1991)’, in 2016, and L.G. Polyakova did hers, ‘The Black Sea Governorate during World War I’, in 2018.
Participation in the jury of federal and regional scientific competitions
Co-chairman of the jury of the annual Russian (federal) competition «I am a researcher» 2010 (Sochi, Russian Federation)
Chairman of the jury of the annual regional stage of the Russian competition “I am a researcher” 2008—2013 (Sochi, Russian Federation)
Participation in congresses and conferences (over the last 10 years)
The International Scientific Conference on the topic "The Ethnicity of Dzhigets (Zikhs) and Dzhigetia in the history of Georgia". December 11-12,2015. (Tbilisi, Georgia)
The 1st International Cartvelological Congress, organized by the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia. November 11-13,2015 (Tbilisi, Georgia)
The 2nd International Cartvelological Congress, organized by the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia and dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Tbilisi University. September 26-29,2018 (Tbilisi, Georgia)
134th annual meeting of members of the American Historical Association. January 3-6,2020 (New York, USA).
Residence and Mailing Address: 13906 Polarstone Ct., Houston, TX 77044