Viktor Borisov
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Humanities / School of History
- Senior Research Fellow:Faculty of Humanities / Centre for Modern Russian History
- Viktor Borisov has been at HSE University since 2012.
Education and Degrees
- 2010
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in National History
Russian State University for the Humanities
Thesis Title: Irbitskaya sloboda in the 17th century: social structure and everyday relationshios in local community - 2010
Doctoral programme in History
Russian State University for the Humanities - 2007
Degree in History
Russian State University for the Humanities, Division for History and Philology
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.

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2020)
Category "New Lecturers" (2014-2015)
Student Term / Thesis Papers
- Bachelor
T. Valiev, News about the Russian and Habsburg Empires in the British Press (1762–1763): A Comparative Analysis. Faculty of Humanities, 2020
I. Malyshev, Social Characteristics and Duties of Petty Noblemen (Deti Boyarskie) of Verkhotursky Uyezd (1627–1676). Faculty of Humanities, 2020
A. Derevnyak, Servitors of Verkhoturskii District: A Study in Historical Demography. Faculty of Humanities, 2019
M. Parfenya, Self-Government in Peasant Communities of Verkhotur'e District in the 17th Century. Faculty of Humanities, 2019
A. Agadzhanyan, Russian-Chinese Trade in First Quater of the 18th Century. Faculty of Humanities, 2019
Courses (2020/2021)
- Auxiliary Disciplines of History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Auxiliary Disciplines of History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Historical Geography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Historical Geography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "46.03.01. История", field of study "46.03.01. История"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Historical Geography (Bachelor’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Political History of Russia (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Political History of Russia (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2019/2020)
- Auxiliary Disciplines of History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Historical Geography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; field of study "46.03.01. История", field of study "46.03.01. История"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Political History of Russia (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2018/2019)
- Historical Geography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Research seminar "Social structure and social practicies in 18-th century Russia" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Russian History (Specialist’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE); 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Source Study and Historical Information Resources (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2017/2018)
- Geography of Russia (Optional course (university); 4 module)Rus
- Historical Geography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Theory and methodology of historical research (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2016/2017)
- Geography of Russia (Optional course (university); 3, 4 module)Rus
- Historical Geography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- History (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Source Study and Historical Information Resources (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2015/2016)
Conferences
- 2019European Rural History Organization International Conference (Париж). Presentation: Peasants’ economic activities and wealth in 17th-century Western Siberia
- 2018European Social Science History Conference - 2018 (Белфаст). Presentation: A Steel Bullet for Russian Army (1760 – 1762): between Magic and Science
- X International Conference of the Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia (Страсбург). Presentation: Казус надворного советника Чубарова: к вопросу о социальных связях дворян «из подьячих» в России XVIII века [ ‘The Incident of Court Counsellor Chubarov: On the Question of the Social Connections of Nobles “from Clerks” in Eighteenth-Century Russia’]
- День штудий: Коллоквиум Центра источниковедения Школы исторических наук (Москва). Presentation: Выборы депутата от московского дворянства и составление московского наказа (1767): новые данные
- День штудий: Коллоквиум Центра источниковедения Школы исторических наук (Москва). Presentation: Выборы депутата от московского дворянства и составление московского наказа (1767): новые данные
- 2015XVI Апрельская международная научная конференция «Модернизация экономики и общества» (Москва). Presentation: Административная практика и социальные процессы в Зауралье в последней трети XVII века
- Семейные связи и социальная мобильность в России XVI-XVIII вв. (Москва). Presentation: Сибирские дети боярские Томиловы: Карьера, социальные связи, манера поведения в эпоху перехода от царства к империи
- 2014XIII Уральская родоведческая научно-практическая конференция (Екатеринбург). Presentation: Дети боярские Иван и Федор Томилов (1666 - 1725)
- 2013XVIII Всероссийская научная конференция «Писцовые книги и другие массовые источники XVI-XX веков» (Балахна). Presentation: Вновь найденный фрагмент дозорной книги Верхотурского уезда Федора Тараканова (1621г.) и перспективы изучения раннего этапа колонизации Зауралья
- Культура и быт дворянства в русской провинции XVIII века (Москва). Presentation: Дворяне на выборах в Уложенную комиссию 1767 г.: модели поведения и процесс составления наказов
- Liberty, Law and Justice in Russian History / Свобода, закон и правосудие в истории России (Москва). Presentation: Правосудие в пограничье: динамика пошлин "с судных дел" в первый век освоения Зауралья