About Vladimir Shlapentokh
Vladimir Emmanuilovich Shlapentokh (Russian: Влади́мир Эммануи́лович Шляпенто́х, Vladimir Èmmanuilovič Šlâpentoh; 19 October 1926 – 6 October 2015) was a Soviet and American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and university professor, notable for his work on Soviet and Russian society and politics as well as theoretical work in sociology. He was a Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University (MSU). Vladimir Shlapentokh was widely considered a "founding father" (together with Vladimir Yadov, Boris Grushin, and Yuri Levada) of Soviet sociology. Shlapentokh conducted the first set of national public opinion surveys in the Soviet Union, working as a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Sociology, Moscow.
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