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10 unusual facts about Candidate of Sciences


Albina A. Goldman

She is a Russian philologist with a post-graduate Candidate of Sciences degree in Philology.

Andrey Baykov

In 2009 he was awarded the Candidate of Sciences degree (Russian PhD equivalent degree) for researching comparative regional integration in East Asia and Europe.

Boris Grinyov

He obtained his Candidate Dissertation in Physics and Mathematics in 1985 from Donetsk National University under the supervision of Volodymyr Semynozhenko, “On the theory of the normal and ferromagnetic superconductors in the strong electromagnetic fields”.

Candidate of Sciences

In post-Soviet Russia and other post-Soviet states, the latter examination was replaced by the one in Philosophy, and in Russia recently in History and philosophy of science; in Ukraine it is still Philosophy.

Grigory Danilevsky

In 1849 he was mistakenly arrested in connection with the Petrashevsky case and spent several months in the prison of the Peter and Paul Fortress, but he was released and received his certification as kandidat in 1850.

Ihor Lytovchenko

He is a Candidate of economic science and defended a thesis “Justification of the risks and threat assessment level at the activities of enterprises” (2004).

Margarita Pushkina

Her sister Tamara Anatolyevna Pushkina, who holds a Ph.D. equivalent in archaeology, was a strong influence on her early life and development.

Raul Renter

In 1964 Renter defended Candidate of Economic Sciences degree, and in 1975 he presented his doctoral dissertation in Economics.

Yaroslav Blanter

In 1992 he defended his thesis and received the Candidate of physico-mathematical sciences degree.

Yuri Sklyarov

Yuri Sklyarov (born 8 February 1925, Kursk ) Candidate of Historical Sciences, is a CPSU party member since 1944, a candidate member of the Central Committee (1981-1989), Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 11 convocation.


Leo Klejn

He was awarded a Candidate of Sciences degree (equivalent to a PhD) in 1968, defending a thesis on the origins of the Donets Catacomb culture.