Yuri Levada

Russian academic (1930–2006) Yuri LevadaЮрий ЛевадаLevada in June 2006Born(1930-04-29)April 29, 1930Vinnytsia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet UnionDiedNovember 16, 2006(2006-11-16) (aged 76)Moscow, RussiaOccupationsSociologist and political scientistAcademic backgroundEducationMoscow State UniversityAcademic workDisciplineSociologyInstitutionsRussian Academy of Science (1956–1988) Yuri Alexandrovich Levada (Russian: Ю́рий Алекса́ндрович Лева́да; 24 April 1930 – 16 November 2006) was a well known Russian sociologist, political scientist and the founder of the Levada Center. Scientific activity to 1988 In 1952, Levada graduated from the Philosophical faculty of the Moscow State University. He got a PhD in philosophy in 1966 with a dissertation on the sociological problems of religion. From 1956 to 1988, Levada worked at the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: АН СССР). He was the first Russian professor to ever lecture sociology and did so at the faculty of journalism of the Moscow State University. During the political thaw under Nikita Khrushchev, Levada was allowed to carry out limited surveys of public opinion. In one