MGIMO teachers: student reviews

Reviews about the teachers of MGIMO - one of the most prestigious universities in Russia - are of interest to all applicants to this university. Students among MGIMO students do not have their favorite pets for years - they are not only talented lecturers, but also interesting personalities, and sometimes comedians, who are quoted by the whole university after classes. The ten best, according to students, faculty of MGIMO in the list below:

• Victoria Ivanovna Ukolova.
• Olga Vyacheslavovna Principalova.
• Anna Ivanovna Kolomiets.
• Alexey Alexandrovich Malinovsky.
• Nikolai Vitalievich Litvak.
• Tatyana Aleksandrovna Alekseeva.
• Margarita Veniaminovna Silantieva.
• Maxim Anatolievich Isaev.
• Yuri Konstantinovich Krasnov.
• Dmitry Alexandrovich Kryachkov.

Ukolova V.I.

Victoria Ivanovna Ukolova - a professor at MGIMO and the head of the department of world and national history, is one of the biggest favorites among students. Besides high professionalism and attentive attitude towards her students, she is also a very witty woman, and her jokes are often quoted by students. Victoria Ivanovna was born on May 11, 1944 in the Ukrainian city of Romny. Ukolova received her education at the History Department of Moscow State University. She has been working as a teacher of history courses since 1971. Her general teaching experience began in 1961. Ukolova became a part of the teaching staff of MGIMO in 1996. For bachelors, she teaches the course "History of Russia", "Foreign Regional Studies" and "History. Management".

In addition, Victoria Ivanovna is the author of the textbooks “History. The Ancient World” for the fifth grade of a comprehensive school, “History. Middle Ages” for the sixth and “General History” for the tenth grade. Also on her journalistic account is a work on national politics in Russia, an article in the New Historical Bulletin on the formation of Russian statehood (early), and an analysis of the Differences by Isidore Sevilsky. In total, under the authorship of Ukolova, more than three hundred publications were issued, not only in Russian, but also in other languages ​​(mainly English).

Victoria Ivanovna Ukolova is an honorary worker of higher education in the Russian Federation, professor of historical sciences and historical disciplines. The main research interests of the professor are the late ancient period of Rome (history and culture) and the early Middle Ages in Europe (history and culture from the fifth to seventh century). A photo of MGIMO teacher V. I. Ukolova is presented below.

Principalova O. V.

Olga Vyacheslavovna Principalova is a senior teacher of the German language department and another favorite of students. She is a fairly young teacher, was born on May 12, 1972, received a specialty as a teacher of German and English at MSLU, where she graduated in 1994. Since 1994, she has been conducting her professional experience, but she became a teacher of this university only in 2017. Her fresh outlook on teaching and the skillful combination of a kind mentor and a wise teacher guarantees her a long and successful job at MGIMO.

Among her publications are a textbook on home reading in German “The Trail Leads to Bavaria”, articles on the principles of writing foreign language texts, the development of writing skills at different stages of language learning, computerization of education, and simplification of grammar training material.

Kolomiets A.I.

Anna Ivanovna Kolomiets is a senior lecturer at MGIMO, an employee of the department of international and private civil law. MGIMO is not only a place of work, but also the alma-mother of Anna Ivanovna - she graduated with honors from the international law faculty of this university, after which she completed an internship in London at the rate of international commercial arbitration. She began her working experience at MGIMO in 2011, and so far is not going to leave her beloved university. Currently, Anna Ivanovna teaches students the following courses: Civil Law of the Russian Federation, International Private Law, Roman Law and Civil Procedure and Arbitration of the Russian Federation. He also teaches the course “Actual Problems of Private International Law” for the master's program at the Law Faculty.

Malinovsky A.A.

There is practically no free minute in the schedule of MGIMO’s teacher, Alexei Malinovsky, since he is not only a professor of law, but also the head of the Department of Law Theory, a member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Library of the Criminalist”, as well as an academic secretary and curator of the University Club of Comparative Law . Students speak of him as a very talented lecturer, comedian, able to win the attention of students of the course with a wealth of speech, information, interesting examples and comparisons. Malinovsky is a graduate of the Moscow Law Institute, has been teaching at MGIMO since 1999. Alexey Aleksandrovich conducts lectures and seminars in the courses "Theory of State and Law" (for bachelors), "Methodology of Legal Science" and "Comparative Law" (for masters).

Litvak N.V.

Nikolai Vitalievich Litvak is a candidate of sociological sciences and a teacher of philosophy. According to students, he is also one of the favorites of the audience, as all of his lectures are taught in an extremely informative and witty manner. Nikolai Vitalievich was born in Moscow in 1964. At first he was a student at MGIMO, and after graduating in 1987, he worked in the commercial structures of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - first the USSR, and then the Russian Federation. He currently teaches courses in philosophy, logic and problems of anthropology. Litvak is the author of a large number of scientific publications.

Alekseeva T. A.

Tatyana Aleksandrovna Alekseeva is the head of the department of political theory and political science course at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in Odintsovo. The teacher Tatyana Alexandrovna is an expert in political philosophy, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation. She was born on November 22, 1947, graduated from MGIMO in 1970, and began teaching here in 1999. Since then, to this day, she is one of the most beloved, strict and single-minded teachers of MGIMO (each student and numerous graduates about Alekseeva are extremely positive and grateful) in teaching each individual student. Currently, Tatyana Alexandrovna teaches the courses "Contemporary Political Theories", "Foreign Policy Discourses", "Introduction to Specialty" and "History of Politics" in Russian and English. Also on her account are many scientific publications, among which the most famous are the textbooks Modern Political Thought, The Quantum Approach to International Relations, Imperial Phantoms and the World Order.

Silantieva M.V.

Another favorite of students among MGIMO teachers is the kind, cheerful and talented Margarita Veniaminovna Silantieva. She is the head of the Department of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief in the journal of Philosophy, Religion and Culture, entitled “Concept”. Margarita Veniaminovna graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, and has been teaching at MGIMO since 1994. He currently teaches courses in philosophy, logic, intercultural communications, the history of philosophical sciences and philosophical anthropology. He is one of the most cited professors of MGIMO, the author of a huge number of publications, scientific papers and textbooks.

Isaev M.A.

In the list of teachers at MGIMO, Maxim Anatolyevich Isaev rightfully takes an honorable place among the students' favorites. According to students, at no one’s lectures in the history of MGIMO there were such full houses as at Isaev’s lectures. In the Russian Federation, he is one of the largest experts in the history of law, is fluent in English and Norwegian, and teaches the courses “History of the Russian State and Law” and “History of the State and Law in Foreign Countries”. Maxim Anatolyevich became a professor of constitutional law at MGIMO in 2012. Among the huge number of his scientific publications, the book "Explanatory Dictionary of Old Russian Legal Terms" should be highlighted.

Krasnov Yu. K.

Judging by the reviews of students, this MGIMO teacher is the kindest among all university professors. Yuri Konstantinovich Krasnov teaches at the Department of Legal Foundations, is a doctor of legal and historical sciences. Teaching experience - since 1977. Currently, MGIMO, Yuri Konstantinovchi conducts courses on legal policy, models of public administration and civilizational factors of influence of modern states. In addition, Krasnov is the author of a huge number of scientific papers, textbooks and teaching aids.

Kryachkov D.A.

Dmitry Alexandrovich Kryachkov is not only a teacher of English at MGIMO, but also a head of the Department of English No. 1 and a candidate of philological sciences. He studied at the Magadan International Pedagogical University, and from 2007 to 2009 he worked as the third secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation in New York. Currently, Dmitry Alexandrovich teaches courses in speech practice, writing, the language of the profession and political translation for bachelors and masters of various faculties.

Teacher Quotes

As mentioned above, many quotes from MGIMO teachers become catchphrases for generations of students. Students publish the most outstanding “pearls” from lectures in the VKontakte social network group specially created for this purpose. Here are some of the most witty quotes mentioned above and other MGIMO teachers:

• “Nobody! Hear? Don’t tell anyone that you studied with me! So ... they were just present in the same audience where I was” - N.V. Litvak.
• "He was a good uncle, though he died during one of the small crusades, which, by the way, was not ..." - V. I. Ukolova.
• "Lecturer, I will not speak from which university named after Lomonosov" - A. A. Malinovsky.
• “Young people from good families, instead of studying at the HSE or running a business there, went in a crowd to find the bald, ugly, unemployed Socrates. Can you imagine how their parents worried?” - M.V.Silantieva.
• “What am I? I got carried away. But you? Didn’t prevent it. It’s not good. You are accomplices” - M. A. Isaev.
• "Centuries were so-so, mediocre ..." - V. I. Ukolova.
• “You tore off my lecture. I stopped believing in humanity” - M. A. Isaev.
• “Well, you give a direct educational program - what to do if you become pregnant from a slave” - A. I. Kolomiyets.
• “When people talk about universal values, then, mark, barbecue is one of them” - V. E. Berezko.
• "We have the social function of the state - to remove the corpse from the street" - A. A. Malinovsky.
• "Even the grandmother knows on the bench, but you do not!" - I. B. Mitrofanova.
• “A good lecture is one with which you can leave” - Yu. K. Krasnov.
• “Ramses had 30 sons. But he was not famous for this” - V. I. Ukolova.
• “Pay attention to how Pepsi is physiologically advertised. Pshh ... Punch, punch, puff ..." - A. A. Malinovsky.
• “How much energy is in you ... You could be harnessed to a generator, and you could cover the whole Kremlin” - M. A. Isaev.
• “Yes, today we have such a grammatical ... trash” - O. V. Principalova.
• “There is no ideal textbook yet, because I have not written it yet” - A. A. Malinovsky.
• "The aristocracy is very cool, the aristocracy is the Rolls Royce!" - M.A. Isaev.
• "In ancient Egypt they wrote: You, cudgel, study! If you don’t teach, write down everything that the teacher says, you will become a water carrier, cattle! You will become a farmer, bees will bite you, your hippo will steal your crop!" - M.A. Isaev.