Kropachev Nikolay Mikhailovich - a famous domestic lawyer. He currently leads St. Petersburg State University, one of the largest in the Northern capital. Included in the federal government of the Russian Union of Rectors. He is also a regular member of the lawyers association of our country. Repeatedly celebrated with awards and prizes. For example, in 2010 he was recognized as the best lawyer of the year. He played a large role in the reconstruction of Russian historical society. At the moment he is conducting scientific and teaching work - he is a member of the Council on Science and Education under the President of Russia as a deputy chairman. He is a doctor of law, professor.
Lawyer biography
Kropachev Nikolai Mikhailovich was born in Leningrad. This happened in 1959.
Immediately after school he entered the Leningrad State University, which today is headed as a rector. The university was one of the best students in the stream. His scientific work was led by Doctor of Law Vadim Semenovich Prokhorov. It was under his leadership that Nikolai Mikhailovich Kropachev defended his thesis.
Prokhorov himself later recalled that working with Kropachev was not easy, but very interesting. The student and the teacher led a fierce debate, fiercely defending their position. The discussions were hot. The hero of our article from the first courses at the university was interested in topics of responsibility and justice. It was for their sake that he went to law. Reflections on these concepts and the search for truth with Prokhorov formed Kropachev Nikolai Mikhailovich as a person. This happened to him in his student years.
Graduate School and Teaching
Kropachev University graduated brilliantly, so he decided to stay in graduate school. He entered the Department of Criminal Law of the Law Faculty of Leningrad State University in 1981.
At the same time, the successful Komsomol member Kropachev makes an important political decision in his life. He joins the communist party.
He graduated from graduate school in 1984. His graduation work was the defense of a Ph.D. thesis in criminal matters. Another outstanding teacher, doctor of legal sciences Nikolai Aleksandrovich Belyaev, who studied criminal and penal law for many years, supervised his scientific work.
In 1985, the hero of our article begins his career as an assistant to the Department of Criminal Law in his native Leningrad State University. The years of perestroika did not greatly affect Kropachev's career - he systematically walked up the career ladder. In 1991 he received the post of senior lecturer and the title of assistant professor. Two years later, he became an assistant professor at the Department of Criminal Law. All this time he was actively published in scientific journals, wrote articles and monographs.
At the head of the faculty
During perestroika, Leningrad State University was renamed St. Petersburg. Nikolai Kropachev at St. Petersburg State University is now making his career.
In 1992, he became dean at a special faculty that deals exclusively with the retraining of personnel related to the legal sciences and specialties.
In 1993, he served as First Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law. Kropachev at that time was only 34 years old.
All-Russian recognition
In Kropachev, they recognized a major legal scholar in the mid-90s. It was then that he entered the presidium of the Russian Bar Association, became vice president of the association of law schools, which unites many regions of the country.
1996 was largely a landmark in the career of Kropachev. It was then that he came up with his own initiative - to carry out a full-scale reform in the Russian judicial system. In particular, to implement the project of computerization of the courts of St. Petersburg. His main goal was maximum transparency of justice.
Two years later, Kropachev initiated the creation of the country's first legal clinic. It provided free legal assistance to the poor. Initially, she worked on the basis of St. Petersburg State University.
In 1998, Kropachev was elected dean of the law faculty.
Fight against corruption
At the university, Kropachev has always been a staunch opponent of corruption. Therefore, when he, as the dean of the faculty, was given the "rector list" of applicants who should be enrolled, he refused to take him to work.
In 1999, he became a member of a high-profile anti-corruption scandal. Kropachev took part in the telecast "Event" on the channel "Petersburg". It showed a video of the entrance exam in the Russian language. Students had to write an essay in an audience equipped with a video surveillance system. Despite this, after the themes of the compositions became known, one of the teachers wrote his own project of work and handed it over to one of the applicants. This happened in front of teachers and other applicants.
When the host asked Kropachev to comment on this fact, he was laconic - corruption. In the same air, he spoke about the measures that he is taking at the law faculty to prevent violations of the rights of applicants.
The university leadership on this fact conducted its own investigation. His results were very unexpected. Kropachev was fired. Moreover, many supported this decision, since Kropachev had repeatedly criticized the economic, financial and economic activities of the university’s leadership at the academic council. The performance on television was the last straw.
However, there were those who supported the hero of our article in his fight against corruption. Subsequent appeals to the court demanding to cancel the illegal order of dismissal and restore Kropachev to his post. During the trial, the rector canceled the order. Less than a month after the dismissal, Kropachev was reinstated.
Defense of the thesis
In 2000, Kropachev defended his thesis on the mechanisms of criminal law regulation. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Law. And three years later, a professor in the department of criminal law.
The scientific interests of the hero of our article included the theory of state and law, criminal law, criminology. He devoted over 80 methodological and scientific works to these areas of legal science. Among them are separate monographs and textbooks.
Kropachev's work was not limited to university. He led an active legal practice. In 2000, he was elected judge of the St. Petersburg Constitutional Court. Soon after, heading this body.
In 2003, he became a member of the Presidential Council on Improving Justice.
At the head of the university
Having earned the respect of colleagues, in 2000, Kropachev was nominated for the post of vice-rector of St. Petersburg State University. He combined this position with work at the head of the faculty of law.
And in 2008 he was appointed acting rector. The official elections, in which the entire labor collective participated, were held on May 21 of the same year. By a majority of votes, Kropachev Nikolai Mikhailovich was elected rector of St. Petersburg State University. He heads the university for almost ten years.
In 2009, his authority was confirmed by decree of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. In 2014, his contract was extended for another five years.
Kropachev Nikolay Mikhailovich - Rector of St. Petersburg State University, respected by colleagues and students. Many note that with him things began to improve at the university.
Personal life
Kropachev Nikolai Mikhailovich about the family always speaks with love. He has been together with his wife for many years. She is a non-public person and, unlike her spouse, is rarely shown in the light.
Kropachev Nikolai Mikhailovich, who always has little time left for his personal life, notes that he always feels support at home.
The couple has two children. There is a son Sergei, who is now 29 years old. He followed in his father's footsteps, graduating from the law faculty of St. Petersburg University. Rector of St. Petersburg State University Kropachev Nikolai Mikhailovich, whose family found another lawyer, was certainly pleased. Now Sergey works as the Deputy General Director in the joint-stock company Petersburg Sales Company. He oversees development and marketing.
The hero of our article also has a daughter, Elizabeth. She is a schoolgirl.
At the same time, Nikolai Mikhailovich Kropachev is recognized that St. Petersburg State University is no less a family for him than his wife and children. After all, it was in this university that he spent his entire conscious life. Works there now.
Scientific interests
The sphere of professional interests of Kropachev, to which his numerous works and studies are devoted, includes criminology, the theory of state and law, educational, as well as criminal law.
He has published dozens of publications on these topics. He is the author of numerous monographs and textbooks.
