Olga Vasilieva (politician)

Olga Yurevna Vasilieva (sometimes transliterated as Vasilyeva, Russian: О́льга Ю́рьевна Васи́льева, born January 13, 1960 in Bugulma) is a Russian politician and historian, who served in Vladimir Putin's government as Minister of Education and Science (2016—2018),[1][2][3][4] and as Minister of Education from May 2018 to January 2020.[5] She is known for defending Soviet policies and for making controversial statements that were perceived as supportive of Joseph Stalin.[6][7]

Olga Vasilieva
Minister of Education
In office
18 May 2018 – 15 January 2020
Acting: 15–21 January 2020
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded bySergey Kravtsov
Minister of Education and Science
In office
19 August 2016 – 7 May 2018
Preceded byDmitry Livanov
Succeeded byherself (as Minister of Education)
Mikhail Kotyukov (as Minister of Science and Higher Education)
Personal details
Born (1960-01-13) 13 January 1960
Bugulma, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Alma mater1. Moscow State Art and Cultural University;
2. Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities;
3. Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
ProfessionDoctor of Sciences in Historical science
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Early years

Vasilieva was born in 1960 in Bugulma.

In 1979 she graduated with a degree in Choir and Conducting from Moscow State Institute of Culture. Later in the mid-1980s she studied history at Moscow State University for Humanities. For several years she was a singing-master and a history teacher.

Afterwards she switched to research work as a historian. In 1987 she was admitted to the Ph.D. program in the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

In 1990 she defended her Ph.D. dissertation The Soviet State and Patriotic Activities of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Years of the Great Patriotic War.

Service in the Putin government

In 2007 Vasilieva finished a study at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Her career as a person in the state service began in the Department for Culture of the Russian Government. She was responsible, among other items, for school programs, particularly in history and in religious education.

On 19 August 2016 she was appointed a Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, preceded by Dmitry Livanov. This Ministry was divided in May 2018 into the Ministry of Education (also called the Ministry of General Education) and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. On 18 May 2018, Vasilieva became a Minister of Education of the Russian Federation.[5] On 15 January 2020, she resigned as part of the cabinet, after President Vladimir Putin delivered the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, in which he proposed several amendments to the constitution.[8]

Publications

She has written over 160 articles and 8 books.

References
  1. "Vasilyeva Olga Yuryevna". Website “Moscow State University of Humanities and Economics”. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  2. "Путин принял отставку министра образования Ливанова". RIA Novosti. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  3. "Путин согласился сменить министра образования". RBC Information Systems. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  4. "В России сменился министр образования". Interfax. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  5. "Putin signs decrees on appointing new Russian cabinet members". TASS. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  6. "Critics Of Russia's New Education Minister See Threat To Secular Values". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
  7. Cichowlas, Ola (May 8, 2017). "How Russian Kids Are Taught World War II". The Moscow Times.
  8. Carroll, Oliver (January 15, 2020). "Russian PM resigns in shock move as Putin announces dramatic constitutional shake-up". The Independent. Retrieved January 17, 2020.


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