Prof. Vasil Lipitsky, Dr.Sc. (b. 1947), noted Russian political expert and public figure. 

He was educated at Moscow State Lomonosov University, Faculty of history. In 1974 

he became a Candidate of Sciences, 1989 - Doctor of Sciences. Since 2006 - Full 

Professor.

 

Vasil Lipitsky worked as researcher with the Moscow State Lomonosov University 

and the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of more than 200 books, 

brochures and articles on problems of social and political relations. In his monograph 

«Socialism Promised» (1999) he focused on interrelation of socialist and Christian 

ideas. In 2005-2010 - Secretary of the Management Board, Executive Director of 

Institute of Contemporary Development – expert center to the Government of the 

Russian Federation.  

 

Vasil Lipitsky was one of the organizers of the democratic movement in the USSR in 

1989-91. He was one of the closest associates of Mikhail Gorbachev in the implementation of democratic reforms. In 1993-95 was the Member of the State Duma (Russian Parliament). In 1995-1999 was the Member of the Presidential Political Consultative Council. He held important posts in Russian Government and public organizations.

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