Boris Kondakov

Boris Vadimovich Kondakov (Russian: Бори́с Вади́мович Кондако́в, [bɐˈrʲis vɐˈdʲiməvʲɪtɕ kəndɐˈkof]) (born March 29, 1954) is a Russian specialist in literary criticism, philologist, Doctor of Philology, head of Russian literature department, Dean of philological faculty at Perm State National Research University (since 1998). He is a grandson of Vadim Alexandrovich Kondakov (Russian: Вадим Александрович Кондаков), Professor of Perm State University, and a brother of Igor Vadimovich Kondakov (Russian: Игорь Вадимович Кондаков), a philosopher and culturologist. Also he is a leader of the school "Typological Regularities and Dialogue of Cultures in Russian Literature of the 19th to 21st Centuries".