Mariya Dmitrievna Rakhmaninova was born in Moscow in 1985. She graduated from the
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, majoring in
social philosophy, and the Faculty of Foreign Languages (majoring in translation from German). In 2011 Rakhmaninova defended her M.A. thesis on "Genealogy and Theoretical Foundations of Modern Forms of Anarchism (from the 19th to the 21st century)". In 2019 she defended her thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on "From Epistemology of Power to Ontology of the Body: Social and Philosophical Analysis". In 2019 she co-founded and co-authored
Akrateia, a journal dedicated to exploring anarchist thought. In March 2020, Rakhmaninova's "In Memory of
Sergei Parajanov" exhibition was held at the
State Academic Chapel Gallery in Saint Petersburg. In March 2022, she resigned from her position as a professor at
Saint Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences after she was denounced to the dean's office for a lecture in which she had discussed
Russia's invasion of Ukraine with students. == References ==