Foundation structure
Trustees
Valery Tishkov
Board of Trustees Chairman
Academic Secretary of the Historical and Philological Sciences Department of RAS; Science Director of the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography of RAS. Board member of the Ministry of Regional Development of Russia, member of the Russian International Affairs Council and Council for Science under the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Konstantin Bespalko
Board of Trustees Chairman
Developer. Graduated from the State Medical University of Samara, worked as a doctor in the Far East.
Igor Barinov
Board of Trustees Chairman
Head of the Federal Agency for Nationalities. Awarded with the IV class Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, the Order of Courage, the Order “For Military Merit”, The “Medal of Suvorov”, the I,II,III class Medal “For Distinction in Military Service”, the Medal “For Strengthening Military Cooperation”
Hon. Members of the Miklouho-Maclay Foundation
Yuri Solomin
Soviet and Russian actor, theater and cinema director, theater pedagogue, the state and public figure. The People’s Artist of the USSR. The Maly State Academic Theater of Russia art-director. Made a huge contribution into the preservation of legacy and the popularization of Miklouho-Maclay’s achievements and humanistic ideas.
He is the director and the main role actor of the film about N.N. Miklouho-Maclay “Bereg ego zhizni” (“Coast of his life”).
He is the director and the main role actor of the film about N.N. Miklouho-Maclay “Bereg ego zhizni” (“Coast of his life”).
Valery Surin and Irma Bruni
The translator and writer Valery Surin, his wife and colleague Irma Bruni examined the fate of the Russian pioneer N. N. Miklouho-Maclay, visited Oceania, the places of his first landing at the Cape Garagasi.
The Surin family financed the old memorial renewal, the construction of a protective wall of natural coral material around the Cape, where Maclay’s hut was located in 1871–1872. The sea would wash off the Cape with the monument if they had not assisted.
The Surin family financed the old memorial renewal, the construction of a protective wall of natural coral material around the Cape, where Maclay’s hut was located in 1871–1872. The sea would wash off the Cape with the monument if they had not assisted.
Expert board
Collegial Advisory Body
Daniil Tumarkin
Doctor of History. He graduated from the History Department of the Leningrad State University. Since 1957 he has been working at the RAS Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. In 1971 and 1977 he was the leader of ethnographic teams of the expeditions on the research vessel “Dmitry Mendeleev”, during which he conducted field work on the Maclay Coast (New Guinea) and on other Islands of Oceania. Author of more than 300 works published in Russian, English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese
Alexander Massov
Professor, Head of the Saint-Petersburg Maritime Technical University History Department.
Graduated from the Leningrad University Faculty of History, Candidate and Doctor of Sciences. Author of 111 scientific works and several books, including the monograph “St. Andrew’s Flag under Crux” and “Russia and Australia in the Second Half of XIX Century” (1998).
Graduated from the Leningrad University Faculty of History, Candidate and Doctor of Sciences. Author of 111 scientific works and several books, including the monograph “St. Andrew’s Flag under Crux” and “Russia and Australia in the Second Half of XIX Century” (1998).
Yegor Osipov
Doctor of Sociology, Professor.
In 2013, he has got the doctoral dissertation on the topic
“Institutionalization of social partnership as a condition for the small businesses development in Russia”.
From 1999 to the present, he has been working at the Sociology Department of the Public Administration Faculty of the MSU named after M.V. Lomonosov.
In 2013, he has got the doctoral dissertation on the topic
“Institutionalization of social partnership as a condition for the small businesses development in Russia”.
From 1999 to the present, he has been working at the Sociology Department of the Public Administration Faculty of the MSU named after M.V. Lomonosov.
Igor Chininov
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Research Scientist at the Asian and Pacific Studies Center of the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography RAS.
Andrey Tutorsky
Docent of the MSU Ethnology Department.
Graduated from the Ethnology Department of the MSU Faculty of History. Laureate of the V. Potanin Foundation for Young Lecturers at MSU (2012) and the British Council Researcher Links program (2014).
Graduated from the Ethnology Department of the MSU Faculty of History. Laureate of the V. Potanin Foundation for Young Lecturers at MSU (2012) and the British Council Researcher Links program (2014).
Arina Lebedeva
Works at the Australia, Oceania and Indonesia Department of Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) RAS.
Graduated from the Ethnography Department of the SPbSU Faculty of History. Candidate of Historical Sciences.
Research interest: Micronesian people ethnography, Oceania peoples traditional navigation, issues of the Pacific Ocean exploration.
Graduated from the Ethnography Department of the SPbSU Faculty of History. Candidate of Historical Sciences.
Research interest: Micronesian people ethnography, Oceania peoples traditional navigation, issues of the Pacific Ocean exploration.
Kirill Starkov
Lawyer, specialist in the Judiciary.
Graduated from the North-West Branch of the Russian Academy of Justice (2011), graduated from the Saint-Petersburg State University of Service and Economics (2015).
Currently operates in the Gazprom Neft Group Companies.
Graduated from the North-West Branch of the Russian Academy of Justice (2011), graduated from the Saint-Petersburg State University of Service and Economics (2015).
Currently operates in the Gazprom Neft Group Companies.
Lev Baron
Expert in the history of Saint-Petersburg. Local history guide. Graduated from the Leningrad Medical Institute of Sanitary and Hygiene
Dmitry Kumanovsky
Graduated from the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (2002). Head of the Investment Company LMS Analytical Department (Saint-Petersburg), worked as a Stock Market and Corporate Law consultant at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation in Saint-Petersburg. Participant of the Interfax petroleum market conferences, television and business press expert.
Our Team
Piratinskaya Daria
Graduated from the Saint-Petersburg State University Faculty of History.
Works as a coordinator of educational programs at the museum and gallery of contemporary art Erarta.
Administrated the film crew, the scenario and concept during the expedition.
Works as a coordinator of educational programs at the museum and gallery of contemporary art Erarta.
Administrated the film crew, the scenario and concept during the expedition.
Bogdanov Alexey
Graduated from the Saint-Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television as the Director of Fiction Film and TV Film, the workshop of the Honored Artist L.I. Menaker.
Worked as a production director of serials and documentaries.
Responsible for creating a documentary about the journey to Papua New Guinea.
Worked as a production director of serials and documentaries.
Responsible for creating a documentary about the journey to Papua New Guinea.
Zholud Evgenia
Graduated from the Far Eastern Federal University with the “Geography” and “Public and Municipal Administration” specialization. Assistant manager.
Maleka Igor
Graduated from the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia with the “Social Psychology” specialization. The website technical support, administration, development.
Fefilova Eva
Graduated from the Saint-Petersburg State University. Manages the volunteers staff, conducts lecture and educational activities, writes articles.
Our volunteers
Leonid Leusenko
Pupil of the Second Saint-Petersburg Gymnasium. Winner of the local history competition “The Great Travelers of Saint-Petersburg”, held by the Russian Geographical Society, with the work “Karaam-tamo from Petersburg” (about N.N. Miklouho-Maclay).
Maksim Miklouho-Maclay
9 grade pupil. Member of the ICC Artek geographic team by the Russian Geographical Society.
Maria Knyazeva
Shoots videos, helps to organize exhibitions.
Student of the Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology, Advertizing and Public Relations Course.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup volunteer, The Long Night of Museums volunteer 2017-2018, the SPIEF 2018 volunteer. Participant of the International Youth Forum “Baltic Artek”.
Hobbies: video and photography, traveling, dancing.
Student of the Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology, Advertizing and Public Relations Course.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup volunteer, The Long Night of Museums volunteer 2017-2018, the SPIEF 2018 volunteer. Participant of the International Youth Forum “Baltic Artek”.
Hobbies: video and photography, traveling, dancing.
