Andranik Migranyan is a historian, political scientist, public figure. He is a recognized expert and analyst. Over the past 20 years, Migranyan has acted as an invited specialist on television more than once. The political scientist is well versed in the peculiarities of the Soviet system and in the current socio-political realities of the country.
Andranik Movsesovich Migranyan: facts from the biography
The future political scientist and public figure was born in Yerevan on February 10, 1949. He came from a working-class Armenian family. From an early age, Andranik developed an interest in historical sciences and politics. This largely determined his professional choice.
In 1972 Andranik graduated from MGIMO. His specialty by diploma is an international assistant. In the next three years, Migranyan studied at the graduate school of the Institute of the International Labor Movement at the Academy of Sciences. Has a scientific degree: Migranyan - candidate of historical sciences.
After completing his studies and defending his thesis, Andranik Movsesovich taught for about nine years at the Moscow Automobile and Road Institute. Then he was engaged in scientific work at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. Since 1988, Migranyan went to work at the Institute of International Economic and Political Studies. The scientist speaks fluent English.
Andranik Migranyan's career after the collapse of a great power
In the early 90s, Migranyan lectured on political science and economics in the United States, at the University of San Diego.
In 1993, the scientist became a member of the Presidential Council, and a little later entered the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs as the chief expert. In those same years, Migranyan could often be seen on television: he was more than once invited as an authoritative expert in Alexander Lyubimov's program "Red Square".
Subsequently, Migranyan delved into journalism. He is known as the editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper Moya Gazeta, which was founded by the publishing house Novy Vzglyad. The newspaper was published as a free supplement to Moskovskaya Pravda.
In the fall of 1995, Migranyan became a professor at the Department of Political Science at the famous Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. In December of the same year, Andranik Movsesovich was elected to the Duma on the list of the My Fatherland association. However, this attempt ended in failure: the bloc did not receive the required 5% of the votes.
From 2006 to 2010, Migranyan was a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
In 2008, Migranyan headed the New York office of the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation. It was one of the few non-governmental organizations receiving financial support from the Russian Federation. In 2015, the US office of the institute was closed.
The abilities of Andranik Movsesovich manifested themselves in scientific work: he is the author of a number of articles on the problems of political science, state building, history. His analytical work has been published in major academic journals dedicated to ideology.
Migranyan maintains close relations with compatriots: he is a member of the board of the Union of Armenians of Russia.
