Academic Structure and Editorial Board

Editorial Board

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Iranian Editorial Board

Russian Language

Dr. Parvaneh Radandish

Editor-in-Chief

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Tehran.

Academic rankAssistant Professor
PhD in Contemporary Russian Literature, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Institutional affiliationFaculty of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Tehran · Iran

Research InterestsContemporary Russian literature; 20th-century literature; applied learning; teaching Russian to foreign learners

Emailradandish@ut.ac.ir

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Dr. Mahnaz Norouzi

Editorial Board Member

Associate Professor at Gonbad Kavus University, Iran.

Academic degreePhD in Philology

MembershipsMember of the Council of Experts and Reviewers of the CRE journal, University of Granada, Spain

Institutional affiliationGonbad Kavus University · Iran

Research areasRussian and contemporary literature; translation studies; women's literature; gender studies; comparative literature and literary criticism

Selected research informationResearch in women's literature, contemporary Persian and Russian literature, Russian language education, cultural studies, and translation studies.

Emailnorouzi.mahnaz@gmail.com

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Dr. Kosar Salimi Abdolmaleki

Editorial Board Member

Associate Professor and faculty member at the University of Bojnord.

Academic rankAssociate Professor

Institutional affiliationUniversity of Bojnord · Iran

Specialization
Russian language

Emailk.salimi@ub.ac.ir

ORCID0000-0001-6079-0524

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Dr. Shahram Nabati

Editorial Board Member

Associate Professor of Russian, University of Guilan, Iran.

Academic rankAssociate Professor

Institutional affiliationUniversity of Guilan · Iran

Specialization
Russian Language · Russian Language Education

Selected research achievements5 authored books · 7 Persian articles · 26 Russian articles · 8 conference papers

MembershipsEditorial Board Member of the academic journal of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs titled Филологические науки в МГИМО (since 2019 to present)

Emailshnabati@guilan.ac.ir

Selected managerial and academic record

Head of the Russian Language Department, University of Guilan (2019–2022)
Student Affairs Director, University of Guilan (2022–2024)
Head of the Russkiy Mir Office at the University of Guilan (since 2024)
Executive Secretary of the First International Conference on the Position of Russian Language in Iran and a Look at Eurasia (2022)
Scientific Secretary of the Second International Conference on the Position of Russian Language in Iran and a Look at Eurasia (2024)

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Dr. Shahram Hemmatzadeh

Editorial Board Member

Assistant Professor at Shahid Beheshti University, Iran.

Academic rankAssistant Professor

Institutional affiliationShahid Beheshti University · Iran

Specialization
Russian Language · Russian Language Education

Selected managerial and academic record

16 translated and authored books
16 research articles
6 conference papers
Official Translator of the Judiciary

Emailhemmatzadeh1564@gmail.com

Dr. Mohsen Beigi

Editorial Board Member

Academic degreePhD in Russian Language

Institutional affiliationUniversity of Tehran · Iran

Teaching experienceAllameh Tabataba'i University · Shahid Beheshti University · University of Bojnord

Selected academic record19 research articles · 4 conference papers · 6 scientific-popular articles · 6 books

Professional experienceFormer Editor-in-Chief of the “Russia Today” news agency

Emailmohsenbeigisat@yahoo.com

ORCID0009-0002-0296-7170

Publication experience

Editorial Board Member, Jameh va Farhang weekly, Russia Today
Editorial Board Member and Expert, Jameh va Farhang weekly for Russian Muslims

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Dr. Mojtaba Zahraei

Editorial Board Member

Faculty member of the Russian Language Department, University of Isfahan.

Academic degreeAssociate Professor

Institutional affiliationRussian Language Department, University of Isfahan · Iran

SpecializationRussian Language Education

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ORCID0009-0003-4419-4281

EducationPhD in Russian Language, specialization in Language Education, University of Tehran

Emailm.zahraei@fgn.ui.ac.ir

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Azam Shirazi

Editorial Board Member

PhD student in Russian language, specializing in language education, Tarbiat Modares University.

Academic statusPhD student in Russian Language, Tarbiat Modares University

Institutional affiliationTarbiat Modares University · Iran

Specialization
Russian Language · Russian Language Education

Education
PhD student in Russian Language, specialization in Language Education, Tarbiat Modares University

Emailazam_shirazi@yahoo.com

Dr. Jamileh Babazadeh

Editorial Board Member

Retired professor of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Tehran.

Academic rankDr., Retired Associate Professor

Institutional affiliationFaculty of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Tehran · Iran

Specialization
Russian Language Education

Education
PhD in Russian Language Education, Pushkin State University · 2003–2006

Emailbabazade@ut.ac.ir

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University of Isfahan

Dr. Ardalan Nosrati

Editorial Board Member

Assistant Professor of Russian, University of Isfahan; holds a PhD in Linguistics from Belarusian State University.

Academic RankAssistant Professor

AffiliationUniversity of Isfahan · Iran

Doctoral DegreePhD in Linguistics · Belarusian State University (2012–2015)

Scientific Works22 scientific articles

SpecializationRussian as a Foreign Language · Grammar · Translation · Speech Etiquette · Cultural Linguistics · Pragmatics

University Emaila.nosrati@fgn.ui.ac.ir

Personal Emailanosrati87@gmail.com

Selected Academic and Administrative ExperienceDirector of the Russkiy Mir Foundation Center at the University of Isfahan (2021–2024); advisor to the university president on scientific cooperation with Russia and Eurasia (2024–2025); official judiciary translator in Isfahan since 2024.

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English and Linguistics

Dr. Mehdi Mohajer

Editorial Board Member

Assistant Professor of French, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

Academic RankAssistant Professor

Academic and Organizational PositionSecretary, Specialized Working Group on Foreign Languages and Literatures, Council for the Transformation and Advancement of Humanities · Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution

MembershipsMember of the Reviewers’ Council of the Educational Role of Language (ERL) journal, University of Gdańsk, Poland

AffiliationFaculty Member, Department of French, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

SpecializationDiscourse Analysis · Comparative Literature · Linguistics

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Academic Record10 scientific research articles

ORCID0009-0009-4174-0105

Emailm.mohajer@scu.ac.ir

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Dr. Shima Ebrahimi

Editorial Board Member

Associate Professor of General Linguistics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Academic RankAssociate Professor

Institutional AffiliationFerdowsi University of Mashhad · Iran

Doctoral DegreePhD in General Linguistics

Publication RecordMore than 80 research articles – 5 scholarly books

Academic ManagementScientific and Executive Manager of the Journal of Language and Translation Studies (2019–2024)

MembershipsMember of the Reviewers’ Council of the Educational Role of Language (ERL) journal, University of Gdańsk, Poland

Emailshimaebrahimi@um.ac.ir

ORCID0000-0003-3528-1386

Academic Honors

Outstanding Teaching Faculty Member, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (2025–2026; Iranian years 1404–1405)
Distinguished University Researcher, Humanities Working Group, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (1403/2024)
Selected Book of the Year author at the Faculty of Literature and Humanities and distinguished university researcher (1398/2019)
Selected for teaching and research excellence at the Faculty of Literature and Humanities for seven consecutive years (1398–1404 / 2019–2025)
Among the top 5% in teaching and named leading Humanities researcher at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (1400/2021)
Recognized as a leading researcher in Persian language teaching at the 18th International Conference of the Association for the Promotion of Persian Language and Literature; recipient of the Dr. Zahra Ostadzadeh Award for promoting Persian (1402/2023)

Academic Memberships and Service

Policy Council for Technology in Persian Language and Literature Education, Iranian Association of Persian Language and Literature
Iranian Association of Curriculum Studies
International Relations Committee, Faculty of Literature and Humanities
Persian Language Education Working Group
Academic Council for Persian Language Education for Non-Persian Speakers, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
English-Language Instructors Working Group, Department of Persian Language and Literature
Research and Development (R&D) unit of a language testing and aptitude-assessment technology venture

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International Editorial Board

Professor Olga Alexandrovna Solopova

Responsible Editor for International Relations

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor at the Department of Linguistics and International Communication, Moscow International University; Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Translation. Chief Researcher in the Office of Scientific and Innovation Activity. Specialist in political linguistics, discourse studies, and metaphorology.

Academic DegreeDoctor of Philological Sciences · Professor

OrganizationMoscow International University; South Ural State University · Russia

SpecializationPolitical Linguistics · Discourse Studies · Metaphorology

ORCID0000-0003-4170-7267

SPIN6589-5366

Scopus56642838600

Web of ScienceR-8524-2017

Emailsolopovaoa@susu.ru

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Dr. Vurgun Georgiyevich Mekhtiev

Member of the International Editorial Board

Doctor of Philological Sciences and Professor; Head of the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies. Specialist in the theory and history of Russian classical literature, with research on Lermontov, Nekrasov, Leskov, Dostoevsky, Goncharov, Tolstoy and others.

Academic degreeDoctor of Philological Sciences · Professor

AffiliationPacific National University (PNU/ТОГУ), Khabarovsk, Russia

SpecializationRussian classical literature · Russian literature of the 19th century · Philological studies

PositionHead of the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies

Emailmextiev@mail.ru

Professor Rafael Guzmán Tirado

International Editorial Board Member

Full Professor (Catedrático de Universidad) of Slavic Philology and Russian Studies at the University of Granada (Spain), Department of Greek and Slavic Philology, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. Founder and academic director of the specialized journal Cuadernos de Rusística Española.

Academic RankFull Professor (Catedrático)

AffiliationUniversity of Granada (Universidad de Granada) · Spain

SpecializationSlavic Philology · Russian Studies · Russian Language and Literature · Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language · Translation of Russian Literature

ORCID0000-0002-4615-6436

Scopus57192396442

Emailrguzman@ugr.es

Selected Academic Profile

Founder and Director of the journal Cuadernos de Rusística Española (since 2004)
Founder of the research group “Eslavística, Caucasología y Tipología Lingüística”
Former member of the Presidium MAPRYAL
Doctoral degree in Russian Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Doctor of Philological Sciences, Kabardino-Balkarian State University

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Dr. Nikolay Sergeevich Urtegeshev

International Editorial Board Member

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Philology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk, Russia).

Academic DegreeDoctor of Philological Sciences

AffiliationInstitute of Philology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences · Russia

SpecializationPhonetics and Phonology · Comparative and Typological Linguistics · Languages of the Peoples of Siberia · Grammar · Lexicology · Dialectology · Sociolinguistics

ORCID0000-0001-8616-4652

Scopus Author ID56610290000

ResearcherIDK-5458-2017

RSCISPIN 5482-2119 · AuthorID 115064

Emailurtegeshev@mail.ru

Selected Research ProfileAuthor of more than 240 scholarly works, including 15 monographs; member of the Russian Committee of Turkologists. In 2021, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the phonic-phonological system of the Shor language in the South Siberian Turkic context.

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Dr. Raisa Gandybalovna Zhamsaranova

International Editorial Board Member

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor at the Department of Chinese Language, Transbaikal State University, Chita, Russia.

Academic RankAssociate Professor

Academic DegreeDoctor of Philological Sciences

UniversityTransbaikal State University · Russia

Research InterestsLinguistics, language and culture, onomastics, and linguistic studies of the peoples of Siberia

ORCID0000-0002-1275-6396

Emailrebeca_zab@mail.ru

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Professor Nikolay Mikhailov Neychev

International Editorial Board Member

Professor at the Department of Russian Language and Literature, Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Specialist in Russian classical literature and nineteenth-century Russian literature; researcher of the history, theory, and hermeneutics of Russian literature, with a focus on Dostoevsky studies and Russian literary messianism.

Academic RankProfessor

AffiliationDepartment of Russian Language and Literature, Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv · Bulgaria

SpecializationRussian Classical Literature · Russian Literature of the 19th Century

Research AreasHistory, theory, and hermeneutics of Russian literature

Special FocusDostoevsky studies · Russian literary messianism

Academic DegreesDoctor of Sciences (2023) · Doctor of Philology (1998)

Academic MembershipMAPRYAL · Bulgarian Society of Russianists

Scientific Achievements67 research articles · 32 scientific reports

Emailneychev@uni-plovdiv.bg

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Dr. Maria Sergeevna Kiseleva

International Editorial Board Member

Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Russian Language and Literature, Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok). Specialist in Russian folklore, mythology, and ethnocultural studies.

Academic DegreeCandidate of Philological Sciences · Associate Professor

OrganizationFar Eastern Federal University · Vladivostok, Russia

DepartmentRussian Language and Literature

Research InterestsRussian folklore · Mythology and Mythopoetics · Folk Tales · Ethnocultural Studies

ORCID0000-0003-2846-570X

Emailliasic@list.ru

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Dr. Sonu Saini

International Editorial Board Member

Associate Professor at the Centre for Russian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Specialist in Russian literature, Russian language teaching, translation and interpreting (Russian–Hindi–English), and modern language-learning technologies.

Academic RankAssociate Professor

AffiliationCentre for Russian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University · India

SpecializationRussian Literature · Russian Language Teaching · CALL and ICT · Translation and Interpreting

Selected Research AchievementsMore than 40 scholarly articles · More than 20 books and textbooks

International AwardsPushkin Prize (2022) · Fellowship InteRussia (2022)

Emailsonusaini@jnu.ac.in

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Dr. Hendra Kaprisma

International Editorial Board Member

Associate Professor in the Russian Studies Program, Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia. Specialist in Russian literature, literary studies, and hermeneutics.

Academic RankAssociate Professor

AffiliationRussian Studies Program, Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia · Indonesia

SpecializationRussian Literature · Literary Studies · Hermeneutics

EducationDoctoral degree in Literary Studies, University of Indonesia

Research AreaRussian Studies and Literature

Selected Academic ProfileSelected academic information and achievements will be added later.

Emailkaprisma@ui.ac.id

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Dr. Larisa Bataevna Badmaeva

International Editorial Board Member

Leading Researcher, Russia.

PositionLeading Researcher

Academic DegreeDoctor of Philological Sciences

Academic TitleProfessor

Emaillorabadm@mail.ru

Publications70 research articles

Academic BackgroundInstitute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of Linguistics (Ulan-Ude)

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Professor Ruzan Rubenovna Grdzelyan

International Editorial Board Member

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Chair of Russian Linguistics, Typology and Communication Theory, Yerevan State University, Armenia.

Academic DegreeDoctor of Philological Sciences

Academic TitleProfessor

PositionHead of the Chair of Russian Linguistics, Typology and Communication Theory

AffiliationYerevan State University · Armenia

Research InterestsRussian Linguistics · Comparative Linguistics · Language Typology · Semantics · Lexicology · Intercultural Communication

ORCID0000-0002-6302-7871

Emailruzan.grdzelyan@ysu.am

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Dr. Lyubov Stepanovna Gurevich

International Editorial Board Member

Doctor of Philological Sciences; Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Professional Communication in the Humanities and Applied Sciences at Moscow State Linguistic University. Specialist in cognitive linguistics, with research interests in cognitive pragmatics and semantics, cognitive space and metacommunication, political discourse, and conceptual metaphor.

Academic DegreeDoctor of Philological Sciences (2011)

Academic TitleAssociate Professor

AffiliationMoscow State Linguistic University (MSLU); Plekhanov Russian University of Economics · Russia

Emailgurevich_ls@mail.ru

Research InterestsCognitive linguistics · Cognitive pragmatics and semantics · Cognitive space and metacommunication · Political discourse · Conceptual metaphor · Translation and intercultural communication

Selected Research ContributionsMore than 100 scholarly articles · the monograph Cognitive Space of Metacommunication (2009) · Discourse Processes between Reason and Emotion (Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature, 2021)

Editorial MembershipsEditorial board member of Philological Herald and Modern Humanities Success

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Owner and Managing Director

Mohammadmahdi Rubin

Owner and Managing Director

Responsible for the journal’s overall policy, executive management, and academic direction.

Institutional AffiliationIndependent Researcher · Iran

Areas of SpecializationRussian Language Education · Translation · Educational Planning · Linguistics

Selected Academic Record25 books · 4 articles

Emailmm.rubin@ut.ac.ir

Memberships

Member of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association (DGKL/GCLA)
Member of the Iran Book and Literature House
Member of the Saray-e Ahl-e Qalam Writers Association
Member of the Board of Experts and Reviewers of the CRE journal, University of Granada, Spain

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Journal Experts

Mehrnoush Firouzi

Russian Section Expert of Russian Language Studies

Master’s student in Russian Translation at Alzahra University, with academic and editorial experience in student publications, Russian-language student associations, editing, and publication management.

Academic StatusMaster’s student in Russian Translation

UniversityAlzahra University · Iran

Bachelor’s DegreeBachelor’s degree Russian language, Alzahra University · 2021–2025

Academic AchievementParticipant in the gifted students program · third place among entrants in 2021

Editorial and Organizational ExperienceExecutive Secretary of the student publication “Shagh” in Russian and Persian (2022–2023) · Secretary of the Russian Language Student Association at Alzahra University (2023–2024) · Editor-in-Chief of the literary-cultural publication “Rahil” (2024–2025) · Member of the supervisory committee for elections of student publication executive secretaries (since 2023) · Student representative of Alzahra University publications at the “Titr 14” Festival (2025)

Editing ExperienceEditor of the student publications “Rahil” of Alzahra University and “Dialectic” of Khwarazmi University

Emailm.firoozi@student.alzahra.ac.ir

Professional AreasRussian Language and Translation · editing and proofreading · management and editing of student publications · publication coordination · university and student activities

Samin Babazadeh

Russian Section Specialist

Journalist and researcher at Moroor Analytical News Agency, Rasht, Gilan.

EducationBachelor’s in Russian Language · Master’s in Regional Studies (Central Asia and Caucasus)

UniversityBachelor’s — University of Guilan · Master’s — University of Tehran

Emailsm.babaz@gmail.com

Memberships

Member, Central Asia and Caucasus Association, University of Tehran
Member, National Comprehensive Media System, Journalists Section, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance

ActivitiesJournalist and researcher at Moroor Analytical News Agency, Rasht, Gilan · Journalism in cultural, social, and environmental fields

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Homa Sedgh Alisha

Russian Section Specialist

Specialist in editing and translation for Russian Language Studies.

EducationBachelor’s Degree in Russian Language

UniversityAlzahra University, Tehran, Iran

SpecializationChildren’s Literature Translation · Russian Language Teaching

Emailhomaalishahsedgh@gmail.com