Russian sociologist and diplomat (1933–2020)

Aleksandr *ovich Kapto (April 14, 1933 – April 19, 2020) was a Russian and Ukrainian sociologist, political scientist and a diplomat, journalist and politician. He earned a philosophy degree in 1967 and his Ph.D. in 1985. In 2008 he was head of the UNESCO International Board of the Ins*ute of Socio-Political Research under the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

Contents

• 1 Education
• 2 Career
• 3 Writing career
• 4 Awards and prizes
• 5 Bibliography
• 6 See also
• 7 References and sources
• 8 External links

Education

Kapto graduated from Dnipropetrovsk University in 1957 with a philosophy degree, studying the problems of war and peace, international relations, political sociology, sociology of morality and education, social activity of youths, and professional ethics.

Career

In addition to his duties with UNESCO, Kapto served as Chairman of the Expert Council under the Top Certifying Commission for Political Science; Chairman of the Council for Defending a Doctoral Thesis under the Ins*ute of Socio-Political Research (ISPR RAS) (sociology of spiritual life and management); Vice-President of the Academy of Social Sciences; and was a member of the Presidium of the Academy of Political Science. He was a Soviet Amb*ador to Cuba from 1985-9, and the last Soviet and first Russian Amb*ador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Writing career

Kapto was a member of the Union of Russian Writers. In 1971 and 1974 he received a first-degree diploma certificate for winning the All-Union Compe*ion for the best popular science works.

Awards and prizes

• 3 Orders of the Red Banner
• Order of Friendship of Peoples
• Cuban Order of Solidarity
• S. Vavilov Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Spreading Scientific Knowledge, Enlightened and Humanitarian Activities
• Honorary Citizen of Denver, Colorado

Bibliography

• Social activity as a moral trait of an individual. Kiev, 1968.
• Public activity of youths. Moscow, 1971.
• Cl* education: methodology, theory, practice. M., 1985.
• Political memoirs. Moscow, 1996.
• Nobel peacemakers. Moscow, 2002.
• Encyclopedia of the world. Moscow, 2002 and 2005.
• From the bellicose culture to the culture of peace. Moscow, 2002.

See also

• Ins*ute of Socio-Political Research

References and sources

• A. Kapto’s biography (in Russian)

External links

• Official Web site of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• The official web site of the Ins*ute of Socio-Political Research
• The UNESCO International Board of the Ins*ute of Socio-Political Research