Yuri Zhdanov — Soviet and Russian scientist, an organic chemist with the world-renowned expert in the field of philosophy, natural science issues, cultural theory, Doctor of Chemistry, Ph.D., professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. As head of Rostov State University for over 30 years, Yuri Zhdanov turned it into a leading university of the South of Russia on the basis of which one of the country’s first research centers where research and education constitute a single complex was created.

The jubilee X «Zhdanov Readings» will be held in Southern Federal University on October 14-15.