Yuri Afanasiev

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Soviet and Russian politician and historian (1934-2015)

PoliticiansLived 1934 to 2015 · aged 81

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Yury Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Soviet/Russian historian and one of the leaders of Russia's democratic movement in the late 1980s - early 1990s.

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2005honorary doctorate at the Laval University

1992honorary doctorate of Tours University

Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star

Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

January 13th commemorative medal

Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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Nora IkstenaAlso won Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class

Ludvig FaddeevAlso won honorary doctorate of Tours University Janusz BolonekAlso won Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Vladimir ToporovAlso won Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

Ralf TörngrenAlso won Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star

Uffe Ellemann-JensenAlso won January 13th commemorative medal

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Yury Nikolayevich Afanasyev was a Soviet/Russian historian and one of the leaders of Russia's democratic movement in the late 1980s - early 1990s. He was also the rector of the Moscow State Institute of History and Archives which he transformed in 1991 into the Russian State University of Humanities (RSUH) and led until 2003, making it into one of Russia's most internationally prominent educational institutions.