Valery Tishkov

Valery Aleksandrovich Tishkov Валерий Александрович Тишков born 6 November 1941 is an ethnologist as well as former chairman of the State Committee of RSFSR on nationalities from February 27 to October 15, 1992 Minister for Nationalities according to Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Early life

Born in North-Eastern State University in Magadan, and a Ph.D. measure in 1978 from the USSR Academy of Sciences. Since 2000, he has been Director of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences IEA.