The administration of the Russian State University for the Humanities and the faculty of the Institute of Eurasian and Interregional Studies of RSUH express their deep condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Dr. Vitaly Ershov, Chief Researcher of the Institute of Eurasian and Interregional Studies, who passed away on March 15, 2023
Dr. Ershov is a well-known Russian historian, a graduate of Moscow State Institute of Aviation, one of the leading Russian researchers on Russian emigration and Russian diaspora, interethnic relations, economic cooperation and integration in the Eurasian space, an author of numerous works that have gained recognition in the academic community.
He took part in the work of the group for the study of Russian abroad at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was a member of the Expert Commission of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, the Russian Association of Political Science, a member of the Board of the Russian Society of Historians and Archivists, Russian Military Historical Society, Russian Professorial meeting, etc.
We mourn the passing away of Dr. Ershov.
