Background
Serafim Pavlovich was born in 1925 in the town of Kineshma, Ivanovo region.
Serafim Pavlovich was born in 1925 in the town of Kineshma, Ivanovo region.
Serafim Pavlovich received a higher economic education at the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University (1948-1953).
After graduating from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Serafim Pavlovich taught political economy at the Saratov Chernyshevsky State University (1956-1962). Since 1962, he has been working at the Kostroma State Technological University. In 1970, Serafim defended his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Economic Sciences at the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University. At present, he is a professor and the head of the department.
Serafim Pavlovich actively takes part in public and educational activities. From 1972 to 1996, he was a chairperson of the board of the Kostroma Region society "Znanie" and a member of the board of the society "Znanie" of Russian Federation. Since 1996, he is a member of the board of the public council of the Kostroma regional organization of the society "Znanie".
Along with the teaching work on the specialty "political economy", Serafim Pavlovich conducts research work on the problems of formation of entrepreneurship in Russia, its effective functioning and rational use of labor resources. Serafim Pavlovich carries out the scientific management of graduate students and job seekers.
For the years of work at the department, Serafim Pavlovich trained 5 doctors and 35 candidates of economic sciences, including 21 thesis on the specialty "political economy". He published a number of monographs on the issue of entrepreneurial activity. The most significant creative work, which is a huge not only personal, but also a public achievement, is the preparation and publication of a textbook for students of higher educational institutions of all specialties – "Economic theory (political economy)". The textbook is based on the classical theory with its paradigm of labor value, overcoming the utopias and dogmas of the great economist Karl Marx and taking into account the scientific side of market concepts.
In his spare time Serafim Pavlovich likes to read classics and good detectives, also he loves Russian painting. He is a fan of the talent of the old classics of the Maly Theatre and the Moscow Art Theatre.