March 23, 2026, marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of distinguished scholar, a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and principal researcher at the Gaidar Institute, Revold Mikhailovich Entov.
Revold Mikhailovich passed away on October 22, 2025, but his intellectual legacy, his greatness as a person, and his pedagogical gift live on in his students and colleagues.
His entire academic career is a testament to his selfless dedication to the field of economics. In 1954, Revold Mikhailovich graduated from the Economics Department at Kharkiv A.M. Gorky State University. In 1961, after completing his postgraduate studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the USSR Academy of Sciences, he defended his candidate’s thesis, “The Growth of Government Debt and Problems of the Development of U.S. Public Credit in the Postwar Period.” In 1977, he defended his doctoral dissertation in political economy “Problems of Price Movements under Modern Capitalism: The Case of the United States.” On March 31, 1994, he was elected a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the International Relations Section.
With his outstanding intellect, encyclopedic knowledge, broad-mindedness and boundless curiosity, he has nurtured a whole generation of top-tier specialists. Revold Mikhailovich’s students now work at leading Russian and foreign universities, research institutes (including the Gaidar Institute, RANEPA, and the Higher School of Economics), government agencies, and major corporations. Colleagues remember him as a demanding man, but first and foremost extremely demanding of himself, courageous, cheerful, and uncompromising when it came to academic integrity.
For the Gaidar Institute, Revold Mikhailovich was a Teacher with a capital “T,” whose opinion carried unquestionable authority. His contribution to the development of the Institute’s academic activities and the improvement of research quality cannot be overstated.
On the day that Revold Mikhailovich would have turned 95, the staff of the Gaidar Institute remembers him with warmth and deep gratitude. The fond memory of this man, his ideas, and his principles will forever remain in the hearts of those who were fortunate enough to know him and work with him.