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The dissertation council on the history of the Belgorod State National University confirmed the doctor's degree of Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, Interfax reports . 19 members of the Council voted for this decision, three abstained, there were no votes against.

"To recognize the approvals of the applicants and agree with the assignment of Vladimir Rostislavovich Medinsky to the scientific degree of the doctor of historical sciences," the wisdom says.

The Council did not find formal violations in the procedure for obtaining Medinsky degree of a doctor of historical sciences, and also confirmed the scientific value of his dissertation. Nevertheless, in conclusion, "some inaccuracies are noted, which are undoubtedly contained in the work of" Minister.

Before the meeting, the representative of BelSU on public relations Veronika Smirnova reported that the commission of the dissoith found no reason to consider the dissertation of the Medinsky unscientific, a meeting of the dissoet. "In conclusion, it is said that individual elements of ideological bias, to a certain extent present in the dissertation, in general do not replace her scientific and compliance with the established qualification requirements," Smirnova said.

During the discussion, most of the speakers noted the high scientific level of the dissertation of Medinsky. “It’s not our business to discuss how he wrote his ten scientific works and a dissertation. He is a great man. He would not be those who are, no one would discuss him,” said one of the members of the council.

At the same time, Professor BelSU Natalya Brysova considered a number of conclusions made in the work "several superficial and biased." In her opinion, "the author did not master the scientific terminology, and his dissertation is perceived as a cognitive, entertaining reading, but nothing more." At the same time, Rosova said that she would not vote against, refrain.

“I initially predicted that the Belgorod disservation with a probability of 80% will make a decision in favor of the minister - simply because BelGU itself would hardly have been authorized by the VAK leadership if it were not confident in the Medinsky result,” said Dissernet, one of the initiators of the statement of the minister of degree Ivan Babitsky. He expects that higher authorities can revise the decision of Belgorod historians. "They will pull for a long time, but I think that, in the end, they will be deprived of a degree," Babitsky said.

Now the decision of the dissociator will be sent to the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission on History, which can approve it or make its own decision.

The application for the deprivation of the Medine degree was submitted by doctors of historical sciences Vyacheslav Kozlyakov, Konstantin Yerusalim and participant in Dissernet PH.D. Ivan Babitsky. Having analyzed the dissertation of the Minister "Objectivity Problems in the coverage of Russian history of the second half of the XV-XVII centuries," they have called into question its scientific value.

The work of the official was to consider the dissent of the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg. However, on October 4, 2016 , the meeting was postponed "in connection with the impossibility of presence" on it Medinsky. Corresponding letters to the dissent came from both the official and the Higher Attestation Commission. On October 7, the commission withdrew the application from the Ural FULLFU , referring to the expiration of the two -month period of consideration of the document in the dissolution.

On November 25, the consideration of the issue of the dissertation of Medinsky was transferred to Moscow State University . On January 21, 2017, Medinsky said that he was ready for a public discussion about his dissertation and intends to make fun of the attacks of his opponents .

On February 7, the dissolution of the Eastfacing refused to consider the application . As Sergey Mironenko later told the head of the history of Russia XIX - early XX centuries, voting took place with many violations .

On March 1, it was reported that Babitsky appealed to the Higher Attestation Commission of the dissovent of the History Fund of Moscow State University to refuse to consider the dissertation of Medinsky

On March 2, it became known that the dissolution of the PlastFacian Moscow State University is disbanded .

On April 21, it became known that the Expert Council of the Higher Certification Commission of the Higher Attestation Commission on History proposed to consider the dissertation of Medinsky in BelSU . The Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission supported this proposal.