Sergey Kara-Murza
Sergey Georgyevich Kara-Murza was a Soviet and Russian chemist, historian, political philosopher and sociologist. Doctor of Sciences in Chemical Sciences, and professor. He was the chief researcher of the Institute of Socio-Political Research. He was a professor at the MSU Faculty of Political Science. He was the Deputy Director of the S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology RAS. He also directed the Center for the Study of Crisis Society.
He is the author of the book Soviet Civilization.
Life and career
Sergey Kara-Murza was born in Moscow on 23 January 1939. He graduated in chemistry from Moscow State University in 1961. In 1966 he defended his Candidat dissertation. Between 1966 and 1972 he worked as a Soviet chemical specialist in Cuba. He was greatly influenced by Maxim Gorky.In 1968–1990 he worked at the S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology RAS.
In 1983 Kara-Murza defended his doctoral thesis in history of science and technology and in 1988 became a professor.
Kara-Murza taught in Russia and Spain and authored several publications and academic studies dedicated to history, science and society.
His theory that the golden billion, the population of the most developed countries lives off the rest of humanity, is popular in the Russian-speaking world. He also recognized the Dulles' Plan.
His most prominent works were Mind Manipulations, published in 2000, and dedicated to establishing and describing the problem of manipulation of public opinion by pro-Western mass media in Russia; and Soviet Civilization, a work about history, political and economic organization of the USSR. In the late 1990s and early 2000s Sergey Kara-Murza wrote a number of political and philosophical works on Eurocentrism, Globalization and Color revolutions. His articles were frequent in left-wing/nationalist Russian newspapers such as Pravda, Alexander Prokhanov's Zavtra and Soviet Russia.
Political views
Kara-Murza became known for his anti-globalization, anti-liberal and anti-Westernist views; however, he also rejected traditional Marxist ideology. He sharply criticized the Russian economic reforms of the 1990s; he was in favor of a more collectivist economy. Having supported President Putin's policies he was opposed to 'color revolutions'.He criticized Prokhanov and Kurginyan. Vladimir Menshov described him as a "deep thinker", and "irresistibly logical".
Personal life and death
Kara-Murza was related to Vladimir A. Kara-Murza and Vladimir V. Kara-Murza, via his grandfather,.According to his son, Kara-Murza died on the night of 17-18 October 2025.
Zyuganov published his obituary.