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Potupa Alexander Sergeevich was a Belarusian philosopher, writer

Writer

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, scientist

Scientist

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and human rights

Human rights

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activist.‎

Biography

Alexander Sergeevich Potupa was born in Sevastopol

Sevastopol

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, Russia

Russia

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on March 21, 1945, eventually moving to Yeysk

Yeysk

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, where he went to school. He also became a chess master

Chess master

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. Since 1961 until his death, he lived in Minsk

Minsk

- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

, Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

.

In 1967 he graduated from Moscow State University

Moscow State University

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with MS in Nuclear Physics

Nuclear physics

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, Quantum Field Theory

Quantum field theory

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. In 1970 he received Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics

Theoretical physics

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& Mathematics

Mathematics

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. By the time of his passing Potupa had published approximately 50 works , made 30 appearances at international and national conferences in the areas of nuclear physics

Nuclear physics

, high energy physics, cosmology

Cosmology

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, electrodynamics, and has done research work at Physics Institute

National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

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and Belarusian State University

Belarusian State University

Belarusian State University , Minsk, Belarus, was founded on October 30, 1921. The BSU is a higher education establishment in the Republic of Belarus.-History:...

.

Soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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Potupa decided to open a private company. Prior to 1988, there were only public/government businesses. From 1989 until 1996, Potupa was the President /Founder of Publishing & Printing Company "Eridan", which was the first Private publishing & printing company to open in Belarus. "Eridan", won the - Torch of Birmingham

Birmingham

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awarded for survival in a rough economic environment.

Since 1992 he was a President of Future Studies Center (forecast and social research) where he had performed over 15 complex expert social polls. Potupa published over 100 publications and articles and made over 60 appearances in international and national conferences in the area of forecasting

Forecasting

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, sociology

Sociology

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, political science

Political science

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, economics

Economics

Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

, and law

Law

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In 1995 he received a Ph.D. in Philosophy & Futurology

Futurology

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(strategic forecasting and information technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

). Professor. Dr. Potupa was also a researcher & lecturer in future studies. His specialty was in strategic forecasting, globalization

Globalization

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, futurogenic causality, models for Belarus & CIS

CIS

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development, sociology, cosmology, strategy for science.

He died unexpectedly on June 1, 2009 at the Borovliani Hospital during a lung cancer

Lung cancer

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treatment. The cause of death is thrombus

Thrombus

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, a blood clot, which separated from his leg blocking path to both of his lungs.

Occupation & Memberships

Occupations:

- President of Center for Future Studies (1992-2009)

- President of BAE - Belarusian Association of Entrepreneurs (2001-2007), Honorable President of BAE (2008)

- President /Founder of Publishing & Printing Company "Eridan" (1989-1996), 1st Private publishing & printing company in Belarus.

Professional and Other Memberships:

- IAIPT (International Academy of Informational Processes and Technologies)

- IALBA (International Academy of Leaders in Business & Administration)

- NYAS (New York Academy of Science)

- NGS

National Geographic Society

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(National Geographic Society)

- WFS

World Future Society

The World Future Society is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Bethesda, Maryland, US, founded in 1966.The Society investigates how social, economic and technological developments are shaping the future...

(World Future Society)

- AAAS

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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(American Association for the Advancement of Science)

- IPC

International PEN

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(International Pen Club)

- BAJ

Belarusian Association of Journalists

The Belarusian Association of Journalists is a Belarusian non-governmental organisation aimed at ensuring freedom of speech and rights of receiving and distributing information and promoting professional standards of journalism" .It was founded in 1995...

(Belarusian Association of Journalists)

- BATT (Belarusian Association of Think Tanks)

- Charter 97

Charter 97

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- ADNGOB (Assembly of Democratic Non-Governmental Organizations of Belarus)

- Chairman of the BHRC (Belarusian Human Rights Convention)

- Chairman of the Belarusian Helsinki

Helsinki Committee for Human Rights

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-XXI

- Coordinating Council of BEA (Belarusian Euro-Atlantic Association)

Science & Publications

His publications would include diverse topics in Nuclear physics

Nuclear physics

, cosmology

Cosmology

, science history, forecasting

Forecasting

and many others.

- "Idealized Measuring Procedures in Quantum Theory" (1970);

- "Running to Infinity" (1977);

- "Fantacrime - XXI" (1989);

- "Contact, or Some Thoughts & Dialogs heard at Wintry Long Night of XXI Century" (1990);

- "Discovery of Universe - Past, Present, Future" (1991);

- "Something Unimaginable" (1992)

- 5 more books

- More than 200 articles

Awards

- Recipient Torch of Birmingham (1995)

- International Man of Year (Cambridge, England, 1998)

- Best Analytical Material of the Year (BAJ, Minsk, Belarus, 1999)

- Outstanding People of 20th Century (Cambridge, England, 1999)

- For High Achievements in a Science (IAIT, Minsk, Belarus, 2004)

- For High Achievements in a Science (Gold Medal, IAIT, Minsk, Belarus, 2005)

Personal Info

- Married, 2 kids

- Wife (Lubov N. Potupa, 1955, manager)

- Daughter (Elena A. Potoupa, 1975, JD International Law, BS Physics, MBA International Business, President/Owner of Wow Things, Inc., NJ, USA, Internet-"Oscar"-2005 Golden Link Award)

- Son (Andrei A. Potupa, 1976, JD International Law, manager, journalist)

- Grandson (Antony, 2002)

Scholarship

- In 2009, Elena Potoupa, daughter of Alexander S. Potupa, has established the Dr. Alexander S. Potupa Memorial Scholarship in memory of her late father, a Belarusian writer, philosopher, scientist and civil activist. The scholarship supports international business students.

External links

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