Бекасова Александра Викторовна

Education and Degrees

2006

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in National History
RAS Institute of History in St Petersburg

2003

Master's
European University in St Petersburg

2003

Master's
European University in St Petersburg

1990

Degree
Zhdanov Leningrad State University

* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.

Professional Interests

history of Russia

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2023

Courses (2025/2026)

Anthropocene (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Anthropocene (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Anthropocene (Mago-Lego; School of Arts and Humanities; 1, 2 module)Eng
Historical Urban Studies (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Historical Urban Studies (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Historical Urban Studies (Mago-Lego; School of Arts and Humanities; 1, 2 module)Eng
Mobility in History (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 5 year, 3 module)Rus
Research Seminar - 4 (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Design; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Economics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Chemistry; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Design; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fine Art; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Public Administration; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Design; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Law; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Political Science; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study International Relations; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Economics, Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Software Engineering, Design; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Infocommunication Technologies and Systems; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Economics, Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Management, Media Communications; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, Economics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Biology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Psychology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Political Science; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Advertising and Public Relations; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Software Engineering, Business Informatics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Business Informatics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Geography; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History of Art; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Design; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Law; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Advertising and Public Relations, Media Communications; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Journalism; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Information Science and Computation Technology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Biology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Biology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Fundamental and Applied Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, Software Engineering, Business Informatics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Mathematics, Applied Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Applied Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Sociology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Media Communications; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Physics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Business Informatics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Business Informatics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Management; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cultural Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Information Security; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Physics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Public Administration; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Information Science and Computation Technology; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Software Engineering; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Specialist; Faculty of Humanities field of study Acting; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Economics, Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Russian History (Specialist; Faculty of Humanities field of study Cyber Security; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Russian History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, History; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Source Study and Historical Information Resources (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Past Courses

4

Apr

2023

The Master's in 'Global and Regional History' Trains Specialists in History and Anthropology

The Master's programme 'Global and Regional History' has two educational tracks: one historical and one anthropological. The main goal of the programme is to prepare graduates to continue their academic careers. However, students will also be able to work in more applied fields: in museums, publishing companies, exhibitions, and marketing. Find out which courses await students and why the programme rejects traditional divisions into Russian and world history in this interview with Nikolai Ssorin-Chaikov, the programme's Academic Supervisor.

20

Sep

2022

HSE Students Explore Environmental Problems at Summer School in South Urals

The summer school 'Space in/for Environmental Humanities: Reconsidering the Global through Studying Peripheries' explored the impact of human activity on natural environments and their transformation. It was co-organised by the School of Environmental and Social Studies (Anthroposchool) at the University of Tyumen (TSU) and the HSE Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities (IGITI), with support from the Mirror Labs programme of HSE University.

5

Apr

2021

Exploring the History of Places and Environment in Russia

The collective volume Place and Nature: Essays in Russian Environmental History, co-edited by David Moon, Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and HSE researcher Alexandra Bekasova, was recently presented at a seminar of the Laboratory for the Environmental and Technological History of the Centre for Historical Research at HSE – St. Petersburg. The book is one of the fruits of a networking project carried out in 2013-2016 with active participation of HSE researchers.

18

Oct

2019

Five years of the Summer School by History Department “Topography of imperial power: the political and cultural space of St. Petersburg”

The summer school of the HSE’s Department of History, St. Petersburg, with the support of the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, was held for the fifth time this year and attracted an international group of students from Germany and the USA to participate.

7

Nov

2018

Exploring Political and Cultural Space of St Petersburg through the Summer School 'Topography of Imperial Power'

On a grey autumn day, it is always nice to warm up by reliving memories of summer adventures. This year, the balmy weather did not leave our city till mid-October, and a summer mood also lingered at HSE University – St Petersburg with the IV International Summer School 'The Topography of Imperial Power: Political and Cultural Space of Saint Petersburg' which ran from September 11 till October 2, 2018.

11

Jul

2015

European Society for Environmental History Conference

From June 30 – July 3, 2015, Julia Lajus, Alexandra Bekasova, Marina Loskutova, Margarita Dadykina, and Elena Kochetkova, researchers from the Department of History and Center of Historical Studies, took part in the 8^th Conference of the European Society for Environmental History. The event took place at University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France.

Aleksandra Bekasova