Aleksandr Kapto

Kapto graduated from the History and Philosophy Faculty of the Dnipropetrovsk University in 1957 with a philosophy degree and specialization in "Ukrainian Philology", studying the problems of war and peace, international relations, political sociology, sociology of morality and education, social activity of youths, and professional ethics. ==Career==

In addition to his duties with UNESCO, Kapto served as Chairman of the Expert Council under the Top Certifying Commission for Political Science; Chairman of the Council for Defending a Doctoral Thesis under the Institute of Socio-Political Research (ISPR RAS) (sociology of spiritual life and management); Vice-President of the Academy of Social Sciences; and was a member of the Presidium of the Academy of Political Science. He was a Soviet Ambassador to Cuba from 1985-9, and the last Soviet and first Russian Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. ==Writing career==

Kapto was a member of the Union of Russian Writers. In 1971 and 1974 he received a first-degree diploma certificate for winning the All-Union Competition for the best popular science works. ==Awards and prizes==

• Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour • Order of Friendship of Peoples • Order of Honour (2003) • Cuban Order of Solidarity • S. Vavilov Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Spreading Scientific Knowledge, Enlightened and Humanitarian Activities • Honorary Citizen of Denver ==Bibliography==

• A. Kapto’s biography (in Russian) ==External links==