Oriental studies is a special topic that requires a person to have appropriate knowledge and decent life experience. In Russia, one of those who very well understands all the vicissitudes and characteristics of the Middle East countries is Satanovsky Evgeny Yanovich. We will talk about his life and career in the article.
Birth and family
The well-known analyst today was born in Moscow on June 15, 1959, in a family of intellectuals. The father of our hero - Yan Efimovich - was an outstanding Soviet engineer. It was he who owned the idea of creating a method of continuous casting of steel, which is used in industry today. Of course, the man earned pretty well for that time and was part of the so-called "engineering elite." Evgeny Yanovich’s mother, Aleksandra Lvovna, was an excellent linguist, but preferred to devote herself to her husband and children.
Childhood and education
Evgeny Satanovsky in the early years of his life was often sick and therefore missed classes at school. In fairness, it is worth noting that he studied very well and was even able to pass exams in the fourth grade as an external student and go straight to sixth, passing the fifth. The young man read a lot, paid special attention to history and ethnography. Evgeny Satanovsky dreamed of becoming a student at Moscow State University, but in the end he continued the family tradition and at the age of sixteen, after graduating from high school, he entered the Institute of Steel and Alloys.
The student years were very fruitful for the then young Eugene, as he quickly comprehended the teaching material and managed to actively participate in public life. In particular, he was the head of the squad, which provided assistance to police officers in matters of detention of offenders. Satanovsky also went in for sports - he attended the karate section. During the period of production practice, he traveled half of the country and visited the largest metallurgical enterprises of the state.
Labor detail
After graduation, Eugene Satanovsky, whose biography is of interest to many today, became an employee of Gipromez, where his father and brother also worked. Initially, the salary of the young specialist was not too big, but there were prospects for advancement along the career ladder. But the death of his father changed everything overnight.
The young man began to experience financial difficulties and therefore was forced to change his desk work to the hot shop of the enterprise called Hammer and Sickle. For four years of work in very difficult conditions, Eugene not only strengthened physically, but also tempered his character. After accumulating the required amount of money and life experience, Satanovsky managed to establish a trading metallurgical group called Ariel. Having gained financial independence, Yevgeny Yanovich ended up with a great opportunity to do what he wanted to do - science.
Own brainchild
At the dawn of the 90s, when drastic changes were taking place in the country, the Russian decided to create an institute that would study Israel. For two years, he brought together leading experts in the field of oriental studies, as well as international analysts and political scientists. Over time, this center was renamed the Institute of the Middle East, and Yevgeny Yanovich from 1993 to this day is its full and permanent head.
In 1999, a man at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences successfully defended his dissertation in economics and received a Ph.D.
About working with Jews
In 1995, Evgeny Satanovsky, in tandem with Vladimir Gusinsky, stepped up their efforts to create the Russian Jewish Congress. In the period 2001-2004, the hereditary metallurgist served as president of this public organization. In this post, he replaced Leonid Nevzlin. Before receiving the highest post in Congress, Satanovsky was vice president and was responsible for issues of science, sports, culture, charity, and education.
On the basis of Moscow State University, Eugene headed the Department of Israeli Studies, and gave lectures on geopolitics and economics in the Middle East region. Also, the man was a teacher at MGIMO and the Hebrew University of Moscow.
Until 2012, Yevgeny Satanovsky was a member of the board for monitoring and coordination activities in the quarterly magazine.
A political scientist is often invited as a speaker and expert to a variety of numerous scientific conferences. In addition, he works at the Vesti FM radio station in tandem with Sergei Korneevsky and broadcasts the program “From Two to Five”, which he liked. Also, our hero is regularly invited by Vladimir Solovyov, on television shows of which fierce debates are being held, the most pressing issues of our time are discussed. It was with Solovyov’s filing that the native of the engineer’s family received the sonorous and very capacious nickname Armageddonych.
Personal work
Evgeny Satanovsky (his books are published in large editions) is regularly published in publishing houses. The following works belong to him: “Would you go ...”, “If I were a Russian Tsar”, “Cauldron with troubles” and others.
In 2017, the orientalist, in collaboration with the well-known representative of Israel, diplomat Jacob Kedmi, wrote the book “Dialogues”, in which the most pressing issues of current world politics were examined in detail. In addition, the Russian published the "Notebooks of the Fool", where relations between the Russian Federation and other states were described as accessible as possible.
Family status
Satanovsky Yevgeny Yanovich has been happily married for more than three decades with his wife named Maria. The professor does not get tired of regularly repeating that for him family is the most important and greatest value in life, and nothing material can be compared with peace and mutual understanding in the house. The couple gave birth and raised a daughter and son. Also, the writer is already a grandfather: he has three grandchildren.
Interesting fact
Despite a very sonorous and ambiguous surname, Evgeny Yanovich is a very friendly person and, as he himself claims, compassionate. And the surname has nothing to do with the biblical character, but came from the name of the settlement Satanov, which is located in the Khmelnitsky region (Ukraine).