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BOLGAR ISLAMIC ACADEMY

Leadership

Farkhat Khusnutdinov

Rector

PhD in Law, Honored Lawyer of the Republic of Tatarstan

Addres: 1A Kul Gali St., Bolgar, Republic of Tatarstan, 422840, Russian Federation
E-mail: info@bolgar.academy
Telephone: +7 (84347) 3-15-19, +7 (843) 590-23-72

Born: November 18, 1964 in the village of Big Kukmor, Kukmorsky District, TASSR

Education:

  • Kazan State University named after V.I. Ulyanov-Lenin with a degree in «jurisprudence» (1992)
  • Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University in «Psychology» (2014)

Career:

  • From 1987 to 1989: lab assistant at Kazan State University named after V.I. Ulyanov-Lenin;
  • From 1989 to 1993: legal adviser at the Republican Pharmacy Base of «Pharmacia» enterprise, youth association «Smena», small enterprise «Astat»;
  • From 1993 to 2000: junior legal positions, head of the information and legal bureau at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tatarstan;
  • From 2000 to 2003: Assistant General Director for Legal Issues of OJSC «Tatenergo»;
  • From 2003 to 2005: director of the Autonomous non-profit organization «Energy Court of Arbitration;
  • From 2005 to 2006: Assistant to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan — Head of the Secretariat of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan;
  • From 2006 to 2010: Head of the secretariat of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan;
  • From 2010 to 2011: Head of the Presidential Administrative Directorate;
  • From 2011 to 2014: Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC  «Svyazinvestneftekhim»;
  • From 2014 to 2022: Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Tatarstan;
  • From 2023: Rector of the Bolgar Islamic Academy.

Marital status:

married, has two kids

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Ramil Gizzatullin

Vice-rector for academic affairs

Doctor of Islamic sciences

Addres: 1A Kul Gali St., Bolgar, Republic of Tatarstan, 422840, Russian Federation
E-mail: Ramil.Gizzatullin@tatar.ru
Telephone: +7 (84347) 3-15-19, +7 (843) 590-23-72

Born on November 2, 1985 in Buinsk, Buinsky district, the Republic of Tatarstan

Education:

  • Al-Azhar University (Faculty of Sharia and law) (2008)
  • Institute of Social and Humanitarian Knowledge (Jurisprudence) (2011)
  • Master’s degree from Cairo University (Faculty of Dar al-‘Ulum) (2011)
  • Doctoral degree from Bolgar Islamic Academy (Islamic sciences) (2019)

Career:

  • From 2011 to 2013: imam of Eniler Mosque
  • From 2013 to 2015: head of the international relations department of Russian Islamic Institute
  • From 2013 to 2020: senior lecturer at the department of religious disciplines of Kazan Islamic University
  • From 2015 to 2020: dean of the Faculty of Islamic Sciences of Kazan Islamic University
  • From 2020 to 2021: head of the department of science and education of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan
  • Since February 8, 2021: vice-rector for academic affairs of Bolgar Islamic Academy

Marital status:

married, has a daughter

Ruslan Sayakhov

Interim Vice-rector for research

Candidate of pedagogical sciences

Addres: 1A Kul Gali St., Bolgar, Republic of Tatarstan, 422840, Russian Federation
E-mail: Ruslan.Sayahov@tatar.ru
Telephone: +7 (84347) 3-15-19, +7 (843) 590-23-72

Born on February 3, 1971 in Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan

Education:

  • Moscow Institute of Technology, Ufa branch (mechanical engineer) (1995);
  • Institute of Arabic Language and Islamic Culture of the International African University (Khartoum, Sudan, 1996-1997);
  • Al-Azhar University, Faculty of General Theology with specialization in Quranic Studies (Cairo, Egypt, 2000-2006);
  • Akmulla Bashkir State Pedagogical University, postgraduate studies, qualification: researcher, lecturer-researcher. Specialty: education and pedagogical sciences. Candidate of pedagogical sciences (Ufa, 2014-2019);
  • Bolgar Islamic Academy, doctoral studies (Bolgar, from 2020 to the present).

Career:

  • From 1997 to 2000: head of group, teacher of Arabic at the First Ufa Political Science Gymnasium;
  • From 1997 to 2000: teacher at the Sultanova Madrasa of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Ufa);
  • From 2006 to 2008: teacher, head of the educational part of the Sultanova Madrasa of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Ufa);
  • From 2015 to 2018: senior lecturer at the department of history of the Republic of Bashkortostan, archeology and ethnology, Bashkir State University. Teacher of Quranic studies, Islamic source studies, exegesis of the Quran;
  • From 2008 to 2020: deputy chairman-mufti for education, external and public relations of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Bashkortostan;
  • From February 2020 to January 2021: head of the scientific research department of Bolgar Islamic Academy;
  • From January 22 to April 1, 2021: acting vice-rector for research of Bolgar Islamic Academy;
  • Since April 1, 2021: vice-rector for research of Bolgar Islamic Academy.

Marital status:

married, has 3 kids

Ainur Sultanov

Vice-rector for development

Addres: 1A Kul Gali St., Bolgar, Republic of Tatarstan, 422840, Russian Federation
E-mail: A.Sultanov@tatar.ru
Telephone: +7 (84347) 3-15-19, +7 (843) 590-23-72

Born: September 15, 1988 in Novy Kyrlay village, Arsky District, Tatar ASSR

Education:

  • Russian Islamic Institute (Kazan), theology (bachelor’s degree), (2010);
  • Institute of Philology and Arts, Kazan Federal University, philology, (2012);
  • Russian Islamic Institute, theology (master’s degree), (2012);
  • Postgraduate studies at the Institute of History, Oriental Studies and International Relations, Kazan Federal University, (2015);
  • Institute of Psychology and Education, Kazan Federal University, personnel management, (2021).

Career:

  • From 2010 to 2012: head of the youth department at the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan;
  • From 2011 to 2012: expert at the Kazan Interregional Center of Expertise;
  • From 2012 to 2021: chief advisor at the Domestic Policy Department of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan;
  • Since April 26, 2021: vice-rector for development of Bolgar Islamic Academy.

Family status:

married, has two kids.

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Ildar Salakhov

Head of Staff

Candidate of history sciences

Addres: 1A Kul Gali St., Bolgar, Republic of Tatarstan, 422840, Russian Federation
E-mail: Ildar.Salakhov@tatar.ru
Telephone: +7 (84347) 3-15-19, +7 (843) 590-23-72

Born: May 17, 1978, in the village of Melya-Tamak, Muslyumovsky district of TASSR

Education:

  • Special courses at the Center of Islamic Studies at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, (1996-1998);
  • Tatar State Institute for the Humanities (TSSI), Department of Orientalism and Comparative Linguistics (FOCL), specialty «philologist» specialization «teacher of English and Arabic languages» (1998-2003);
  • Postgraduate studies at the Institute of the Tatar Encyclopedia at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, (2003-2006).

Career:

  • From 2002 to 2005:  teacher of English and Arabic languages and regional geography, FOCL, TSSI;
  • From 2005 to 2007: teacher of English language at the Institute of Economics, Management and Law;
  • From 2007 to 2011: Head of External Relations Department, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Tatarstan;
  • From 2011 to 2012: Main Advisor of the Asia and Africa Sector at the Department of External Relations before the President of the Republic of Tatarstan;
  • From March to October 2012: Chief Advisor of the Information and Analytical Department of the President’s Department for Interaction with Religious Associations;
  • From 2012 to 2019: Chief Advisor of the Division of State and Religious Relations of the Department for Interaction with Religious Associations of the Department for Internal Policy of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan;
  • From May 2019 to the present: Head of Staff of the Bolgar Islamic Academy.

Family status:

married, has two kids.