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In 2004, Gorelik was awarded with the Candidate of Sciences degree in history from the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, for his research into the history of Russian immigration to South Africa. He has since published much on South African history and culture, including a comprehensive study of the Russian community in South Africa (''An Entirely Different World': Russian Visitors to the Cape 1797-1870'',  Moscow, 2006), a complete biography of artist Vladimir Tretchikoff (Cape Town; London, 2013), the new authorised version of David Grinker’s memoir of Soweto in the 1960s-80s (Johannesburg, 2014).
 
In 2004, Gorelik was awarded with the Candidate of Sciences degree in history from the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, for his research into the history of Russian immigration to South Africa. He has since published much on South African history and culture, including a comprehensive study of the Russian community in South Africa (''An Entirely Different World': Russian Visitors to the Cape 1797-1870'',  Moscow, 2006), a complete biography of artist Vladimir Tretchikoff (Cape Town; London, 2013), the new authorised version of David Grinker’s memoir of Soweto in the 1960s-80s (Johannesburg, 2014).
  
In 2010, the [[Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research]], University of Cape Town, brought out an overview of Gorelik’s survey of the Russian-Speaking Jews in South Africa as part of their Occasional Paper Series. He is also a regular contributor of features on history and culturology to [[Rapport]] Weekliks, a supplement to a leading South African weekly.
 
  
He is currently (2019) working on an exhibition dedicated to [[Ossip Runitch]], a  Russian-Jewish actor who was among the pioneers of professional Yiddish theatre and South Africa and one of the country's first professional opera producers.
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He has since published much on South African history and culture, including a comprehensive study of the Russian community in South Africa (Institute for African Studies, Moscow, 2001). He edited and translated an illustrated collection of Russian travellers' accounts of the Cape, published by the Van Riebeeck Society (An Entirely Different World': Russian Visitors to the Cape 1797-1870, Moscow, 2006). In 2010, the [[Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research]], University of Cape Town, brought out an overview of Gorelik’s survey of the Russian-Speaking Jews in South Africa as part of their Occasional Paper Series. 
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Among his other works are an illustrated biography of Russian-born South African artist Vladimir Tretchikoff (''Incredible Tretchikoff''. Cape Town; London, 2013) and the new authorised version of David Grinker’s account of Soweto in the 1960s-80s (''Inside Soweto: Memoir of an Official'', 2014).'
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In 2019 he curated an exhibition for the Solzhenitsyn Centre for Russian Emigre Studies, Moscow dedicated to [[Ossip Runitch]], a  Russian-Jewish actor who was among the pioneers of professional Yiddish theatre and South Africa and one of the country's first professional opera producers.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:25, 20 June 2019

Boris Gorelik (1978-) is a Russian born writer and researcher

Biography

Born in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk (USSR) 25 June 197*, he has lived in Moscow since the age of eighteenon, he studied at the A.M.Gorky Ural State University (Philosophy, 1995 – 1996), the Moscow State University (MA in Linguistics - English, Spanish; 1996 – 2001) and the Institut Afriki RAN (Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001 – 2004).

Contribution to SA cultural affairs, including theatre, film and media

In 2004, Gorelik was awarded with the Candidate of Sciences degree in history from the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, for his research into the history of Russian immigration to South Africa. He has since published much on South African history and culture, including a comprehensive study of the Russian community in South Africa (An Entirely Different World': Russian Visitors to the Cape 1797-1870, Moscow, 2006), a complete biography of artist Vladimir Tretchikoff (Cape Town; London, 2013), the new authorised version of David Grinker’s memoir of Soweto in the 1960s-80s (Johannesburg, 2014).


He has since published much on South African history and culture, including a comprehensive study of the Russian community in South Africa (Institute for African Studies, Moscow, 2001). He edited and translated an illustrated collection of Russian travellers' accounts of the Cape, published by the Van Riebeeck Society (An Entirely Different World': Russian Visitors to the Cape 1797-1870, Moscow, 2006). In 2010, the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research, University of Cape Town, brought out an overview of Gorelik’s survey of the Russian-Speaking Jews in South Africa as part of their Occasional Paper Series.

Among his other works are an illustrated biography of Russian-born South African artist Vladimir Tretchikoff (Incredible Tretchikoff. Cape Town; London, 2013) and the new authorised version of David Grinker’s account of Soweto in the 1960s-80s (Inside Soweto: Memoir of an Official, 2014).'

In 2019 he curated an exhibition for the Solzhenitsyn Centre for Russian Emigre Studies, Moscow dedicated to Ossip Runitch, a Russian-Jewish actor who was among the pioneers of professional Yiddish theatre and South Africa and one of the country's first professional opera producers.

Sources

Personal correspondence from Boris Gorelik. (15 June, 2019)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7179786.Boris_Gorelik

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