The Faculty of History, Sociology and International Relations (FHSIR) was founded in 1920 and is the same age as Kuban State University. Our students not only study history, but also actively create it, taking part in all significant events of Kuban and Russia.
We teach them to think globally and to understand current social processes through the prism of knowledge of the past. Only those who know history are able to penetrate deeply into the essence of current events and predict the future.
In addition to the professor of a classical researcher-historian, you can become a teacher, sociologist, orientalist, philosopher, theologian, religious scholar and international relations specialist.
The Faculty is known for its respect for its own traditions, but also for its aspirations for the future.
FHSIR is a family of more than 1,300 students and 100 highly qualified teachers, including 19 doctors and 65 candidates of science.
- FHSIR offers 17 bachelor and master programmes.
- FHSIR is about seeing the world in a different way.
- FHSIR is success in building a professional career. Welcome to the FHSIR planet. With us you will get to know and see the world!
«We are glad to welcome you on the page of the Faculty of History, Sociology and International Relations. Our faculty is the same age as the Kuban State University, it was founded in 1920. Our students not only study history, but also actively create it, participating in all significant events in the Kuban and Russia.»
Dean of the Faculty of History, Sociology and International Relations — Alexander Evtushenko, Candidate of History, Associate Professor.
Bachelor’s
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
Full-time program
Profiles:
- World History
- Cossack history and culture
Main subjects studied:
- Prehistoric societies;
- History of the Ancient World;
- History of the Middle Ages;
- Ethnology and Social Anthropology;
- Source Studies;
- Palaeography and Archaeology;
- History of Russia up to the 18th century;
- History of Russia from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century;
- Museum Studies;
- Historical geography and demography;
- Modern History;
- Asia and Africa in modern times;
- History of Russia in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries;
- Geopolitical Problems and Modern Russia;
- — Foundations of project activities.
Types of professional activity:
The professional activity of a graduate is connected with work as a teacher, researcher, museum employee, expert, administrative employee of state bodies of federal and municipal levels.
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
Full-time program
Profiles:
- Applied Methods of Sociological Research;
- Social Theory and Applied Social Knowledge.
Main subjects studied:
- Basics of project work in sociology;
- Theory of probability and mathematical statistics;
- Methods of applied statistics for sociologists;
- Modern computer technologies in the analysis of sociological information;
- History of Western sociology;
- Russian sociology in the USSR and modern Russia (2nd half of the 50s — beginning of the XXI century);
- Methods and methodology of sociological research;
- Social psychology;
- Sociology and political sociology;
- Sociology of public opinion;
- Ethnosociology;
- Social anthropology;
- Economic sociology;
- Sociology of management;
- Sociology of organisations;
- Sociology of Youth;
- Sociology of religion;
- Sociology of marketing;
- Social work theory and practice.
Types of professional activity:
The main types of professional activity of the graduate are connected with work as a teacher, an administrative employee of state bodies of federal and municipal levels, analytical and sociological centres, participation in election campaigns.
Duration: 5 years (10 semesters)
Full-time program
Profiles:
- History. Social Studies
- History. Cossacks in the History of Russia
Main subjects studied:
- History of Russia (VIII-XV centuries);
- History of Russia (XVI-XVII centuries);
- History of Russia (XVIII — beginning of XX century);
- History of Russia (XX-XXI centuries);
- General History. Ancient World;
- General History. Middle Ages;
- General History. Modern Times;
- General history. Newest times;
- Asian and African History;
- Pedagogy and Principles of Pedagogical Dimensions;
- Foundations of voluntary work;
- History of education and pedagogical thought: national and foreign experiences;
- Learning process: theory, history, technology;
- Psychology of age and pedagogy with workshop on methods of psychological and pedagogical research.
Types of professional activity:
The field of professional activity includes education. In today’s world, education is a dynamic branch of the economy, an industry for the future. The advantages of the teaching profession are
- Participation in the efficiency of Russian statehood;
- Preservation and multiplication of the historical and cultural potential of Russians;
- An opportunity for creative self-expression;
- Demand on the labour market;
- State-guaranteed salary and social benefits.
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
Full-time program
The training includes a thorough study of French/German (optional) and English.
Profile: International Cooperation.
Main subjects studied:
- First foreign language (French/German);
- Second foreign language (English);
- Social forecasting in international relations;
- Professional skills of an internationalist;
- Cultural and Religious Traditions in International Relations;
- History of International Relations;
- Theory of International Relations;
- Theory and History of Diplomacy;
- Diplomatic Protocol;
- Diplomatic and Consular Service;
- Geopolitics: Science and Practice;
- World Politics.
Types of professional activity:
Graduates have special training (linguistic, historical, economic, management) to work in diplomatic and consular offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Russia and abroad. In the course of their professional activity, they can carry out the work of an analyst, translator-referent, consular and diplomatic officer, as well as work in the structures involved in foreign economic activities.
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
Full-time program
Profile: European Studies
The course includes advanced study of Spanish/Italian (optional) and English.
Main subjects studied:
- First foreign language (Spanish/Italian);
- Second foreign language (English);
- History of Europe;
- History of European Culture;
- Basics of management and public relations in public administration;
- Methods of complex research in political science and area studies;
- Fundamentals of world politics and international relations;
- World and regional economy;
- Social and political systems of the region under study;
- Social anthropology.
Types of professional activity:
Professional training is aimed at a comprehensive study of the European region, its population, history and ethnology, economy and politics, science and culture, religion, language and literature, traditions and values. Graduates will be able to work in state organisations involved in regional and foreign policy, in various scientific, educational, information and cultural exchanges, in the implementation of trade and economic cooperation, in modern bilateral and multilateral communication links.
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
Full-time program
Profile: Asian Studies
The course provides in-depth study of Chinese/Japanese (optional) and English.
Main subjects studied:
- First foreign language (Chinese/Japanese);
- Second foreign language (English);
- History of Asian and African countries;
- Ethnology and Ethnopsychology;
- Fundamentals of world politics and international relations;
- Sociopolitical systems of the region under study;
- East Asian countries in the history of international relations;
- Literary history of the region under study;
- Sociocultural traditions of East Asia.
Types of professional activity:
The main areas of professional activity for graduates are the economy, politics, history, culture, religion, population, languages and literature of Asian and African countries. Graduates can work as interpreters in federal and regional government departments, foreign policy and foreign trade organisations.
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
Full-time program
Profile: Theoretical and methodological
Main subjects studied:
- Ancient philosophy;
- Medieval Philosophy;
- Renaissance Philosophy; Modern Philosophy;
- Modern Philosophy; Modern Philosophy;
- German Classical Philosophy;
- History of Russian Philosophy;
- Modern foreign philosophy;
- Logic;
- Social philosophy;
- Ontology and theory of knowledge;
- Philosophical anthropology;
- Philosophy of Religion;
- Ethics;
- Aesthetics;
- Modern epistemology;
- Rhetoric.
Types of professional activity:
The main types of professional activity of the graduate are working in institutions of general education (schools, lyceums, gymnasiums), secondary professional and higher education, in scientific and research organisations connected with the solution of philosophical and religious problems, in editorial offices of the media, museums and libraries, bodies of state and municipal administration, public organisations and commercial structures.
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
Full-time program
Profile: Christian Theology.
Main subjects studied:
- History of Theology;
- Philosophy of theology;
- Liturgical theology;
- Dogmatic theology;
- New Religious Movements;
- Comparative Theology;
- Prevention of inter-confessional and inter-ethnic conflicts in modern society;
- Church-state relations;
- History of church-state relations in Russia;
- Ecclesiastical law;
- Bible studies;
- Patristics;
- Christian anthropology
Types of professional activity:
The professional training of students is connected with the study of the history of doctrines and institutional forms of religious life, religious cultural heritage, traditional law, archaeological monuments of the history of religions, the history and current state of relations between different religious doctrines and religious organisations. Bachelor’s students in the field of «Theology» take part in the organisation and implementation of the prevention of destructive activities of pseudo-religious totalitarian sects in modern Russia and abroad by providing qualified expertise in the field of religion (evaluation of statutory documents of religious organisations, foundations of doctrine, worship, social doctrine, etc.).
Masters’s
Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)
Full-time program
Profiles:
- Social and Political History of Russia: from Absolutism to Democracy;
- Regional problems of the West and the East in contemporary global processes.
Main subjects studied:
- Prehistoric societies;
- History of the Ancient World;
- History of the Middle Ages;
- Ethnology and Social Anthropology;
- Source Studies;
- Palaeography and Archaeology;
- History of Russia up to the 18th century;
- History of Russia from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century;
- Museum Studies;
- Historical geography and demography;
- Modern History;
- Asia and Africa in modern times;
- History of Russia in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries;
- Geopolitical Problems and Modern Russia;
- — Foundations of project activities.
Types of professional activity:
The professional activity of a graduate is connected with work as a teacher, researcher, museum employee, expert, administrative employee of state bodies of federal and municipal levels.
Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)
Full-time program
Profile: Modern theories and methods of social problems research.
Main subjects studied:
- Basics of project work in sociology;
- Theory of probability and mathematical statistics;
- Methods of applied statistics for sociologists;
- Modern computer technologies in the analysis of sociological information;
- History of Western sociology;
- Russian sociology in the USSR and modern Russia (2nd half of the 50s — beginning of the XXI century);
- Methods and methodology of sociological research;
- Social psychology;
- Sociology and political sociology;
- Sociology of public opinion;
- Ethnosociology;
- Social anthropology;
- Economic sociology;
- Sociology of management;
- Sociology of organisations;
- Sociology of Youth;
- Sociology of religion;
- Sociology of marketing;
- Social work theory and practice.
Types of professional activity:
The main types of professional activity of the graduate are connected with work as a teacher, an administrative employee of state bodies of federal and municipal levels, analytical and sociological centres, participation in election campaigns.
Head: Doctor of Sociology, Doctor of History, Professor Valery Kasyanov.
The research interests of the staff of the Department of Russian History cover a wide range of historical problems and directions:
- History of the Kuban Cossacks;
- Social history;
- History of political parties and movements;
- History of the Russian Revolution;
- History of the Civil War;
- Military history of Russia;
- Local history of Russia;
- Intellectual history of Russia;
- Holiday culture in Russia and the USSR;
- Agricultural history of the North Caucasus;
- History of youth policy;
- History of the Kuban farmsteads;
- New economic policy.
Employees of the Department of Russian History take an active part in various scientific, educational and public events at all-Russian and regional levels.
They are active members of public historical organisations, members of the editorial boards of scientific journals, they act as experts and jury members in numerous competitions and events, and work as members of dissertation boards.
Head: Professor Alexander Ivanov, Doctor of History.
Lecturers of the Department carry out scientific research in the following directions:
- Archaeology;
- Ethnology;
- Polonistics;
- Medieval studies;
- European security in the XX-XXI centuries;
- Western and Eastern countries in the context of world history;
- Slavic countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
For each of these areas there are published collections of scientific works, monographs, textbooks and handbooks, articles published in domestic and foreign editions, indexed in databases Scopus, VAK, RSCI, etc.
Head: Professor Alexander Rozhkov, Doctor of History.
The main areas of research developed in the Department are:
- History and theory of sociology, institutional analysis in sociology;
- Ethnosociology;
- Demography, migration and family issues;
- Theory and practice of everyday life research;
- Historical sociology;
- Sociology of memory;
- Sociology of youth;
- Sociology of atypicality;
- Sociology of education;
- Sociology of sport;
- Mathematical methods in sociology;
- Sociological research practice.
The researchers of the Department take part in sociological studies on the orders of administrative bodies (Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Energy, Accounts Chamber) and the Rectorate of Kuban State University.
Since 2014, the research team led by Professor V. Petrov, Doctor of Sociology, has been monitoring the situation in the field of inter-ethnic and inter-confessional relations within the state order of the Ministry of Education and Science under the auspices of the Allocated Research Centre.
In this project, the Department acts as a coordinator in Krasnodar region, the Republic of Adygea and Volgograd region.
Head: Professor Pavel Boiko, Doctor of Philosophy.
The main focus of the Department is the development of classical philosophical, theological and religious sciences and education as the basic intellectual foundations of university knowledge.
The main scientific directions of the Department include basic historical-philosophical, theological and religious studies in the fields of
- Ancient and medieval philosophy and theology;
- Classical German philosophy and theology;
- Russian Philosophy of Religion and Orthodox Theology;
- Post-classical Western philosophy and social-humanitarian thought.
Scientific research and pedagogical-methodological developments in the theory, history and methodology of state-society-religious relations being the profile of the Department’s theological pedagogy are of great practical value.
Since 2018 the Department has been representing Kuban State University in the Scientific and Educational Theological Association (SETA), which plays an important role in the development of classical theological science and education in modern Russia.
Acting Head: Doctor of History, Professor Yuri Smertin.
The main fields of research of the Department are
- Cultural History of Italy and Spain;
- Cultural History of East Asia;
- History of Europe;
- History of Latin America;
- Latin American Cultural History;
- Contemporary International and Political Processes in Europe;
- Contemporary International and Political Processes in East Asia.
Highly qualified teachers of Italian, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese languages combine theoretical and practical training for students, which allows many of them to solve employment issues already in their final year.
The staff of the Department actively participate in international, regional and local conferences, summer schools and seminars.
Institute of Archaeology
Supervisor: Professor Ivan Marchenko, Candidate of History.
The main directions of the Research Institute of Archaeology are excavations of archaeological monuments of Kuban, development of chronology of Meotian and Sarmatian cultures, ethnopolitical history of Kuban tribes in the Bronze and Iron Ages, problems of interaction between the ancient civilisation and the «barbarian» world.
In 1993 in the village of Starokorsunskaya a training centre for archaeological practice «Archaeologist» was established. Students take part not only in excavations, but also in the processing of archaeological materials. In various years, archaeological practice was done by students from Germany together with students of Kuban State University.
Supervisors:
Egnara Vartanyan, Doctor of History, Professor;
Oleg Matveev, Doctor of History, Professor.
During its existence, the REC «North Caucasus Slavic Studies» has held a number of international scientific conferences: «Liberation of Bulgaria and the Slavic World», dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke (March 2008); «Slavic World, West, East»: in memory of Professor Divol Peschany (October 2008); «Year of Bulgaria in Russia: Problems of History and Culture of Slavic Peoples» (October 2009); «Problems of Novistics and Historical Slavic Studies»: in memory of Sergei Pavlovsky (October 2010). ); National Identity and Nationalism among the Slavs and their Neighbours: Past and Present (October 2011); Confessional Factors in the History and Culture of the Slavic Peoples and their Neighbours (October 2012); Issues of National Historiography and Popular Historical Representations of the Slavs and their Neighbours (November 2013). «Russia, the Slavic world and their neighbours: issues of political and cultural relations: on the 360th anniversary of Pereiaslav Rada» (October 2014); «Year of Poland in Russia: issues of historical and cultural relations between the Slavic peoples and their neighbours» (November 2015); «Turkey and the Slavic world: issues of international relations and historical and cultural relations» (November 2016); «Belarusians and Belarus in the coordinate system of Russia, the West and the Slavic world: issues of identity, historical and cultural relations and international relations» (October 2017); «Slavs and their neighbours in the history of international relations (140th anniversary of the Peace of St. Stephen and the Berlin Congress)» (December 2018); «Serbia, the Slavic world and their neighbours: historical and cultural issues» (October 2019); «Slavic peoples and their neighbours in the Second World War. Contribution to the Victory over Fascism (1939-1945)» (November 2020); «The Czech Republic, the Slavic World and its Neighbours: Cultural History (170th Anniversary of Alois Jirásek)» (October 2021); «Germany and the Slavic World: Issues of International Relations and Historical and Cultural Relations (100th anniversary of the Rapall Treaty)» (October 2022). Department of Philosophy
Supervisor of studies: Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Pavel Boiko.
The overall goal of the research group is the innovative development of philosophical, religious, theological and socio-historical knowledge and education at Kuban State University.
The research group carries out activities in the field of philosophical, theological and socio-historical knowledge as the most important direction of classical university education and scientific and humanitarian culture.
Sociology of Social Reality, Sociology of Migration, Sociology of Education
Supervisor: Doctor of Sociology, Professor Vladimir Petrov.
Supervisor: Doctor of History, Professor Alexander Rozhkov.
Supervisor: Doctor of History, Associate Professor Vadim Rakachev
The researchers of the faculty maintain contacts with colleagues from research centres and universities in more than 30 countries, including China, the Republic of Korea, the USA, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Belarus.
The members of the Department of General History and International Relations maintain relations with foreign academic centres such as the University of Applied, Technical and Economic Sciences (Berlin), Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois, USA), San Diego State University and the Centre for Minority Issues (Flensburg, Germany).
The North Caucasus Slavic Studies Research Centre maintains international cooperation with scholars from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Belarus and other Slavic countries. Renowned scientists from Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria and other neighbouring and distant countries take part in the international scientific conferences of the Centre.
Dozens of doctoral and candidate theses have been written at the Department of Sociology, including by foreign sociologists Nguyen Thang Hoai (Vietnam), Kamara Ishaka (Mali), Ekundayo Kehinde Abolanle (Nigeria).
The Department of Philosophy has productive cooperation with the University Michel Montaigne in Bordeaux (France), the University of Sofia (Sofia, Bulgaria), the University of Göttingen (Germany), the Institute for Legal Aspects of Religious Freedom (Trnava, Slovakia).
The Department of Foreign Area and Oriental Studies maintains regular contacts with the University of Daegu (South Korea).
Alexander Evtushenko
Candidate of History, Associate Professor
Dean of the Faculty
Department of Russian History
Department of General History and International Relations
Department of Sociology
Department of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies
Department of Foreign and Oriental Studies
Institute of Archaeology
Кафедра английской филологии
Кафедра новогреческой филологии
Катермина
Вероника Викторовна
д. филол. н., профессор
Зам. декана по научной работе
Кафедра немецкой филологии
Кафедра прикладной лингвистики и новых информационных технологий
Бычков
Сергей Сергеевич
к.филол.н.
Зам. декана по цифровому развитию и международным связям
Кафедра французской филологии
Кафедра английского языка в профессиональной сфере