By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, for merits in research and pedagogical activity, training of qualified specialists, and many years of conscientious work, Director of the Institute of Continuing Professional Education, SSU, Professor Yurii Golub was awarded with the title Honoured Worker of High School of the Russian Federation.
For more than half a century, Yuri Golub’s work have been associated with the university. In 1975, he graduated with honours from the Faculty of History, went from a graduate student to a doctor of sciences, from an assistant to a professor, from a chair of a department to a vice-rector and a director of an institute.
For more than four decades of work at the University, Yurii Golub has developed as an experienced teacher and prominent scientist, an extraordinary lecturer and effective leader. He made a great contribution to the education and training of scientific and pedagogical personnel. 22 Ph.D. and 3 doctoral dissertations in historical and political sciences were defended under his supervision. On his initiative, in 2010, the Department of International Relations and Russian Foreign Policy was created at SSU, which he headed.
Since 2005, Yurii Golub has been editing the annual interuniversity journal of scientific papers – the Education in the Modern World. There have already been published 15 issues.
Yurii Golub is deeply involved into research. His research interests are political, diplomatic and military history of the twentieth century, problems of education. He is the author and co-author of six monographs, numerous articles, editor-in-chief of collective works on this topic. He is the head of the scientific journal titled the Modern Eurasian Studies.
Yurii Golub is a member of the Scientific and Methodological Council on History of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, a full member of the Academy of Military Sciences, a full member of the Academy of Humanities, a board member of the Association for European Studies. Also he has the title of Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation (2003).
The university staff wholeheartedly congratulates Yurii Golub on the well-deserved award and wishes him further success, prosperity and health!