Boris Averin
About
Born March 11, 1942 in the town of Sandov, Kalinin Region. Wanted to become a sportsman when he was a little boy. Graduated from the Faculty of Geophysics at Leningrad Arctic School, worked in the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, spent three years in all-winter expeditions in Franz Josef Land. At the same time studied extramurally, at the Faculty of Philology, St. Petersburg State University. Finished his postgraduate studies at the Department of the History of Russian Literature in 1974; has been lecturing there since then.
