Marina Potemkina

NosovMagnitogorskStateTechnicalUniversity Institute of History, Philology and Foreign Languages 38, Lenin street, Magnitogorsk, 455000, ChelyabinskRegion, Russia http://www.magtu.ru e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

EDUCATION

• 1976 -1981 Chelyabinsk State University, Major: History
• 1994 Awarded an academic degree of the Candidate of Historical Sciences (PhD)
• 2004 Awarded an academic degree of the Doctor of Historical Sciences
• 2011 Awarded an academic rank of the Professor

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Grant of the Canadian Government for Scientific Research, 2007
• Grant “Development of the Scientific Potential of the Academia”, 2009 - 2011
• Scholarship of the German Government for scientific research in Moscow, 2009
• A member of the Russian-German project “War grave care”, Dresden, Germany

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• World War II as a civilization crisis
• Local and oral history in the 20th century
• The 20th century social processes
• The national images of mutual perception (Russia – Canada)

TEACHING AND  EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Course Titles:

• Modern History of Asia and Africa
• Theory and methodology of history
• Methodology and methods of historical research
• Philosophy and methodology of science
• Discussion questions of the Second World War
• History of State and Law of foreign countries

PhD students:

• Four PhD students defended their theses for an academic degree of the Candidate of Historical Sciences (PhD)

PUBLICATIONS

1. Theory and methodology of history: student book. Moscow: RIOR: INFRA-M, 2014, 197 p.
2. Regional studies. Magnitogorsk. Grades 9-11: Workbook for educational institutions. Chelyabinsk region. Chelyabinsk: ABRIS, 2013, 200 p.
3. Evacuated to the Urals rear (1941-1948): Monograph. Magnitogorsk: Magnitogorsk State University, 2006, 265 p.
4. The evacuation within the Great Patriotic War in the Urals Region: people and destiny: Monograph. Magnitogorsk: Magnitogorsk State University, 2002, 265 p.
5. The impact of evacuation on the perception of the military reality (1941-1942). Signs of the war in the life and memory: the impact of armed conflicts of the twentieth century on the Russian society. Collection of papers. Rostov-on-the Don: Foundation, 2014, pp. 129-138.
6. The escape-re-evacuation mechanism in the USSR during the Great Patriotic War. History. Memory. People: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference. October 18, 2012. Almaty, 2013, pp. 6-18.
7. The psychological aspect of evacuation during World War II. Bulletin of the Chelyabinsk State University. Series: History. Issue 51, 2012, pp. 58-61.
8. The image of the Soviet Union in the Canadian press in 1945-1946. Society and power. Bulletin of the Chelyabinsk State University. History, 2012, no. 3, pp. 104-106.
9. Historical space of evacuation (1941-1945). Journal of Historical, Philological and Cultural Studies, 2012, no. 3 (37), pp. 124-132.
10. Re-evacuation of the population of the Urals in 1944-1948. The joys and sorrows of returning home. Winners and losers from war to peace: the Soviet Union, France, Germany, the United States of America. (1941-1950). Moscow: ROSPEN, 2010, pp. 83-93.
11. Evacuation and re-evacuation processes and evacuees in the Urals in 1941-1948. The author's abstract of the thesis for an academic degree of the Doctor of Historical Sciences. Yekaterinburg. Institute of History and Archaeology. 2004.
12. In whisper about the main thing: the world of rumors of war time. Rumors in Russia in the 19th-20th centuries. Informal communication and "sharp turns" in Russian history. Chelyabinsk: Stone Belt, 2011, pp. 104-126.
13. Canadian experience of facing social changes after World War II: from war to peace. Bulletin of the Chelyabinsk State University. History, 2009, no. 6, pp. 138-143.
14. Evacuated population in the Urals rear: experience of survival. National History, 2005, no. 2, pp. 86-98.