Political scientist, historian and enlightener Natalya Narochnitskaya, a biography whose family is connected with academic science in more than one generation, is known for its fundamental work on Russian foreign policy. She is distinguished by a bright public position, which is based on conservative Orthodoxy.
Childhood and family
The idea that the family is the main determining beginning in a person’s life finds a lot of evidence. A vivid example of this is Natalya Narochnitskaya, whose biography moves along the vector given in childhood. She was born on December 23, 1948 in Moscow, in the family of an outstanding scientist and historian. Natalia’s paternal grandfather was the director of a public school, and my grandmother worked as a teacher there.
Her father is an outstanding scientist, academician, historian. He was the largest foreign policy specialist in Russia in the first third of the 19th century, and began his scientific work under the leadership of E. Tarle. The parent was the author of serious works on international politics and history. Despite the fact that he had to live in difficult Soviet times, he retained the traditional patriarchal views. The academician headed the authoritative scientific journal "New and Contemporary History", for many years led the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Uncle Natalia, a historian, was arrested in 1937 and went missing. The presence in the questionnaire of a brother as an enemy of the people did not prevent the father of our heroine from making an impressive scientific career, testifies to his remarkable abilities that the state needed.
Mom Natalia, another historian, was engaged in the foreign policy of Russia in the second half of the XIX century. In her youth, she participated in the partisan movement in Belarus, was captured and managed to escape from the concentration camp. In 1947 she became the wife of Narochnitsky, with whom she happily lived for more than 40 years. The couple had two daughters: Natalya and Elena. Both later became historians, continuing the family tradition. Natalya says that her childhood was extremely happy: her parents loved each other and their offspring, they read a lot in the family and talked about history. Children were taught foreign languages. A governess was engaged with them. At the age of 7, Natalya read Heine's poems in German. She also studied music, studied piano, and danced.
Education
Having received good training at home, Natalya went to school with excellent marks. She graduated from a special school with in-depth study of the German language with a gold medal; choosing a future profession was not difficult. In 1966, Natalia Narochnitskaya, whose biography was predetermined by family interests, entered MGIMO at the Faculty of International Relations. Five years later, she graduated with honors. Over the years of study, the girl mastered three more languages: English, French and Spanish.
Scientific and professional career
After the university, Narochnitskaya Nataliya Alekseevna, by distribution, comes to work at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. She also enters MGIMO's graduate school. Having defended his dissertation, he continues to work at IMEMO, first as a junior, and then as a senior researcher. From 1982 to 1989 he worked in New York at the UN Secretariat. Then he returns to IMEMO.
In the 90s, she was captured by new social perspectives. Narochnitskaya is fond of the restoration of the domestic idea in Russia. In 2002, she defended her doctoral dissertation on the theme "Russia and Russians in World History." She has written several fundamental works on the history of the international relations of our country. For example, the book "Russian World".
Social activity
Since the time of Perestroika, Natalya Narochnitskaya, whose biography is closely intertwined with the Christian movement in Russia, begins to engage in social activities. In the 90s, she became an activist in the Party of People’s Freedom, a member of the movements "Power" and "Zemsky Sobor". She acted as co-chair of congresses of the first and second World Russian Councils - this platform was created for people interested in the unity of the Russian nation around the world.
Narochnitskaya was in the group of authors of the most important documents adopted by the Council. In particular, the Act on the unity of the Russian people, which declared our compatriots a divided nation, entitled to reunion. The woman took an active part in creating a large number of social movements that significantly influenced the post-Soviet Russian society: the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society, the Russkiy Mir Foundation, the Unity of Orthodox Peoples Foundation. In 2004, she created the organization "Historical Perspectives", which deals with the problems of the future of the country.
In 2008, by decision of President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin, a woman becomes the head of the European Institute for Democracy and Cooperation in Paris, she does a lot to strengthen friendship between Russia and France. Over the four years of its operation, the Institute, led by Narochnitskaya, has conducted about 50 events aimed at maintaining democracy in Russia and establishing foreign relations of the country.
Political Activities and Views
Politician Natalya Alekseevna Narochnitskaya, brought up on Christian values, preaches conservative Orthodox ideas, and is also a supporter of democracy. In 2003, she was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Rodina bloc, and worked in the committee on international affairs. The woman was the deputy head of the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; she ensured that PACE began a constructive discussion about the global problems of interaction between Russia and Europe. During the 2012 election campaign, Narochnitskaya was registered as a confidant of V.V. Putin, represented him in debates, for example, met with V. Zhirinovsky.
Educational activities
Narochnitskaya Nataliya Alekseevna, whose photo can be seen in many popular science magazines, is actively educating. She is an experienced polemicist and is actively involved in television and online discussions. A woman writes a lot of articles for various magazines, gives interviews, publishes brilliant journalistic works. For example, the following works belong to her: “The Great Wars of the 20th Century”, “For What and with Whom We Fought”, “Orthodoxy, Russia and the Russians on the Threshold of the Third Millennium”, etc.
Awards and Achievements
Narochnitskaya Natalia Alekseevna, whose biography is tightly connected with the activities of the Orthodox Church, has repeatedly been awarded her high awards. She is a knight of the Orders of the Holy Equal to the Apostles Olga and Great Martyr Barbara. She was also awarded the Olympia Prize for her social activities, and from the Government of the Russian Federation, the woman received a Certificate of Honor from the President and the Order of Honor for her great contribution to the preservation of traditional Russian culture. Natalya Alekseevna also has several awards from other countries, for example, the medal "For Merits" from the Government of Serbia.
