Vasiliev, Vladimir Ivanovich (book scholar)

He graduated from the Moscow Polygraphic Institute .

In 2000 he defended his thesis in the form of a scientific report for the degree of Doctor of Philology on the topic “Domestic academic book publishing: historical-bibliological and typological aspects (1727-1999)” (specialty 05.25.04 - book science) ^[1] . Scientific opponents were professors G. D. Komkov , S. O. Schmidt and I. A. Shomrakov .

In 2005, he defended his thesis in the form of a scientific report for the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences on the topic “Book culture in Russian history: theoretical and historical-biblical aspects: XVIII - early XXI century.” (Specialty 05.25.03 - library science, bibliography and book science ; specialty 07.00.02 - domestic history) ^[2] . The opponents were academician V.L. Yanin , professors B.V. Levshin, and Z. K. Sokolovskaya .

• Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since May 25, 2006;
• Publishing Advisor to the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences ;
• General Director of the Scientific and Production Association "Publishing House" Science "RAS" ;
• Member of the editorial board of the series “ Literary Monuments ” (2007), magazines “ Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences ”, “ Reports of the Russian Academy of Sciences ”, “ Nature ”, “ Modern and Contemporary History ”;
• Member of the Scientific Editorial Board of the Great Russian Encyclopedia ;
• creator and head of the Scientific Center for the Study of the History of Book Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Book Culture and Management GAUGN , Dean of the Department of Culture, Arts and Management ^[4]
• First Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences “History of World Culture”, Deputy Chairman of the Scientific and Publishing Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
• Member of the Council of the Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation ;
• Member of the Moscow City Council of Book Publishing;
• President of the Book Culture Foundation;
• Chairman of the Scientific Council for Book Publishing at the International Association of CIS Academies of Sciences;
• Member of the Union of Writers and the Union of Journalists of Russia .

He is the author of more than 100 scientific papers, including more than 50 monographs, textbooks and study guides for university students published in Russia and abroad.

The developer of a new scientific direction of historical research - “the history of book culture” - as a combination of theories and concepts that justify the place and role of books and book culture in the cultural and historical space of society.

He substantiated the concept of "book culture" as an important component of domestic and world culture. He first studied the features of the formation of Russian book culture of the 18th - early 21st centuries in the context of the founding and activities of the Academy of Sciences, and also contributed to the preparation of fundamental research on the history of the Great Patriotic War and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Major works

• Vasiliev V. I. The Technique of Scientific Printing: History, Status, Prospects (Historical and Book Science Aspects). M., 1981;
• Vasiliev V.I. Development of publishing and printing technology (historical and bibliological aspects). M., 1987;
• Vasiliev V.I. Publishing activity of the Academy of Sciences in its historical development (from its inception to the present day). M., 1998-1999 (pr. 1-2);
• Vasiliev V. I. Russian Academy of Sciences: history and modernity. M., 2000;
• Vasiliev V. I. The history of book culture: theoretical and methodological aspects .. M .. 2001;
• Vasiliev V. I. From the history of Russia: an academic book in 1991-2001 (on the tenth anniversary of the reconstruction of the Russian Academy of Sciences). M., 2004;
• Vasiliev V. I. Academic book in the history of the Great Patriotic War. M., 2005;
• Vasiliev V. I. Theory and Methodology of Book Culture. Sofia, 2005 (in Bulgarian);
• Vasiliev V. I. Book and book culture at the crucial stages of national history: theory, history, modernity. M., 2005.

• Order of Honor (1998) ^[6]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III degree (2007) ^[7]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree (2003) ^[8]
• Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation
• RAS Award for the best works on the popularization of science (2000) - for a series of publications devoted to the 275th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences ^[9]
• six medals of VDNH of the USSR (3 gold and 3 silver)
• Honorary Worker of Science and Technology of Moscow
• Winner of the D. S. Likhachev International Prize
• Laureate of the Union of Journalists of Russia Prize
• Laureate of the professional prize "Man of the Book"
• Winner of the highest professional award in book business - “Person of the Year”

• Vladimir Ivanovich Vasiliev: a brief outline of scientific pedagogical activity / comp. D. About Narzikulov and F.I. Fedoseykin. M.: Publishing House of MGUP "World of Books", 1997.

• Profile of Vladimir Ivanovich Vasiliev on the official website of the RAS
• Vasiliev Vladimir Ivanovich (IS ARAN) (neopr.) . isaran.ru. Date of treatment August 16, 2017.