Yashin Viktor Vasilyevich (born September 5, 1946, in Gorky) — Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, headed the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Sochi State University of Tourism and Resort Business[1][2]. The branch operated from 1999 and was closed in March 2015[3].
Biography
He graduated from the Gorky State Pedagogical Institute named after M. Gorky, the Khabarovsk Higher Party School, and the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU[2].
He worked at the Volgo-Vyatskaya Gosudarstvennoy Sluzhby Academy as Vice-Rector for Regional Affairs[4]. His research interests included philosophy and religious studies; he was a member of a philosophical society. He assisted a children's home in the selo of Poshatovo in Arzamassky District and a vocational school for people with disabilities in Nizhny Novgorod[2].
The Branch in Nizhny Novgorod
The Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Sochi State University of Tourism and Resort Business was founded in 1999 and was located at 1a Admiral Makarov Street. In addition to Director Yashin, the management included Deputy Directors for Research Nikolay Vasilyevich Mordovchenkov, for Academic and Educational Affairs Aleksandr Borisovich Kryazhev, and for Administrative and Economic Affairs Sergey Ivanovich Sorokin; the branch had a department of adaptive physical education[1].
The branch was closed as of March 2015. Part-time students enrolled in Tourism, Hotel Management, and adaptive physical education programs were transferred to Lobachevsky University, while those who had been expelled were directed to the main university in Sochi for matters relating to reinstatement and the return of documents. At the time of closure, the branch was headed by Candidate of Medical Sciences Maria Vladimirovna Kurnikova[3][5].
The Sochi State University today retains only one branch — in Anapa[6].
Sources
- famous-scientists.ru — Informatika — Branch of the Sochi State University of Tourism and Resort Business in Nizhny Novgorod: year of establishment 1999, address, authority — director Yashin Viktor Vasilyevich (archive)
- Who's Who in Nizhny Novgorod Region — Biographical Reference Book. Issue 5. — Nizhny Novgorod: "Nash Dom" group, 2009, p. 240
- iee.unn.ru — Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship, Lobachevsky University
- famous-scientists.ru — Informatika — Volgo-Vyatskaya Gosudarstvennoy Sluzhby Academy: Vice-Rector for Regional Affairs Yashin Viktor Vasilyevich (archive)
- sgutnn.ru — Branch of SGU in Nizhny Novgorod — Branch structure and notices for expelled students regarding transfer to Lobachevsky University; director — M. V. Kurnikova (archive)
- sochi.university — Sochi State University — Information about the educational organization: the sole branch is located in the city of Anapa, Krasnodar Krai (archive)