11 Facts About Georgi Derluguian

Georgi Derluguian is currently a professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi.

Georgi Derluguian's paternal grandfather was an ethnic Armenian born in Artvin, which had been annexed by the Russian Empire after the Russo-Turkish War.

Georgi Derluguian moved to Russia to work on a farm, where he met and married a Russian girl, who returned with him to Artvin.

Georgi Derluguian's mother, Yekaterina Kondratyevna Tarasenko, was born in the village of Starovelichkovskaya, Krasnodar Krai to a family of Kuban Cossacks.

Georgi Derluguian grew up with his maternal grandmother, who spoke only Ukrainian.

Georgi Derluguian studied at the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Moscow State University from 1978 to 1985, graduating with a master's degree in African studies with a focus on the modern history of Mozambique.

Georgi Derluguian served as an adviser to the Soviet planner for the People's Republic of Mozambique.

Georgi Derluguian earned his doctorate in history from the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1990, and that same year moved to the United States to study at State University of New York at Binghamton under noted sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein.

Georgi Derluguian taught at Cornell University, the United States Institute of Peace, the University of Michigan and Northwestern University.

Georgi Derluguian is a regular contributor to the Russian magazine Expert.

Georgi Derluguian is currently working on a book on Chechnya, A World History of Ichkeria.