Kirill Solovyov

Professor: Faculty of Humanities / School of History

Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2015)

Kirill Solovyov has been at HSE University since 2012.

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Education, Degrees and Academic Titles

2023

Professor

2012

Doctor of Sciences* in National History
Russian State University for the Humanities

2004

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in National History
Russian State University for the Humanities

2001

Degree
Russian State University for the Humanities

* 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.

* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.

Professional Interests

Russian institutions Russian reformers Russian Empire history of parliamentarism in Russia history of liberalism in Russia

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2024–2026, 2018–2022, 2013–2014
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2024, 2022

Courses (2026/2027)

History of Russia in the 2Nd Half of the 19Th – Early 20Th Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 1 module)Rus
Research Seminar “The World of the Russian Official, Second Half of the 19Th – Early 20Th Centuries” (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2025/2026)

History of Russia in the XVIII–XIX Centuries (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Political Space in Russia of the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Political Space in Russia of the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Humanities; 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Theory and Methodology of Historical Knowledge" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Theory and Methodology of Historical Knowledge" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Russian Intellectual Culture (XIX – First Half of the XX Centuries) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 5 year, 2 module)Rus
The Laboratory of the Historian: Professional Convention and Practices. Part 1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus

Courses (2024/2025)

History of Russia in the XIX Century. (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
History of Russian Political Thought XVII - XX cent. (Minor; Faculty of Humanities)Rus
Political Space in Russia of the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Political Space in Russia of the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Revolutionary Processes in Russia and Western European Countries of the XIX – early XX centuries" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 1-3 module)Rus
Russian Intellectual Culture (XIX – First Half of the XX Centuries) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 5 year, 2 module)Rus
The Laboratory of the Historian: Professional Convention and Practices (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus

Courses (2023/2024)

History of Russia in the XIX Century. (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Political Space in Russia of the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Political Space in Russia of the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
Reaserch Seminar "Political Everyday Life in Russia in the Second Half of the 19th - at the Beginning of the 20th Century" (Optional course (faculty); 1-3 module)Rus
Russian Intellectual Culture (XIX – First Half of the XX Centuries) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 5 year, 3 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

Constitutionalism in Russia: doctrine and practice. XVIII-XX centuries. (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
Constitutionalism in Russia: doctrine and practice. XVIII-XX centuries. (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
History of political and legal doctrines of Russia (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
History of political and legal doctrines of Russia (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Political Space in Russia of the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Political Space in Russia of the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Political Experiments in Russia of the Second Half of the XIX - Early XX Centuries" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 2, 3 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

Categories of political and legal thought in Russia from ancient times to the present (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Constitutionalism in Russia: doctrine and practice. XVIII-XX centuries. (Master’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
Political Space in Russia of the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Introduction to Profession" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Political Everyday Life in Russia in the Second Half of the 19th - at the Beginning of the 20th Century" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 3 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
The Laboratory of the Historian: Professional Convention and Practices (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Editorial board membership

2025: Member of the Editorial Council , Территория: журнал исторических исследований (Territory: Journal of Historical Research).

2024: Member of the Editorial Board , Культурная история («Культстор»).

2022: Member of the Editorial Board , Российская история (Rossiiskaia Istoria).

2021: Member of the Editorial Board , Россия XXI.

2018: Member of the Editorial Board , Журнал региональной истории (Historia Provinciae).

2015: Member of the Editorial Board , Гражданское общество в России и за рубежом.

Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses

for a Candidate of Sciences degree

1
A.I. Guchkov's Activity in 1914–1917: Goals and Means in the Context of the Political Situation in Russia
2
Newspaper “Golos Moskvy” as a part of social and political life Russia in 1906–1915
3
Student Movement in Russia in 1904-1907: Self-Organization Practices and Political Preferences of Students
4
Alexander Ertel’s “Epistolary Communities”: Self-Organization of the Society in the Russian Provinces at the End of the 19th Century