Teodor Shanin
Teodor Shanin OBE (30 October 1930 – 4 February 2020) was a Lithuanian-born British-Russian sociologist.
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| Born | October 30, 1930 |
| Died | February 4, 2020 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
| Known for | The Awkward Class |
He worked as a Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. He was best known for his first book, The Awkward Class, Political Sociology of Peasantry in a Developing Society, Russia, 1910-25 (Clarendon Press, 1972).[1] He founded the The Open Society Institute, Ford Foundation and the Moscow School for the Social and Economic Sciences in 1995.[2]
Shanin was President of the Moscow School, Professor Emeritus of the University of Manchester, and an Honorary Fellow of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences.[3]
In 2002 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for service to education in Russia.[4]
References
- ↑ "An exchange of peasantries" (in en). Times Higher Education (THE). 1998-03-20. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/an-exchange-of-peasantries/106504.article. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ "History". www.msses.ru. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ "Teodor Shanin". www.msses.ru. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ↑ Gold, Karen (2002-09-10). "Peasants' professor". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-05-30.