Yevgenia Albats

Russian political journalist, political scientist, social activist and writer

Person human Q4063354

Facts

26 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[29]
Date of birth: September 5, 1958
Place of birth: Moscow
Country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russia^[9]^[10]
Ethnic group: Jewish people^[12]
Occupation: political reporter, radio personality, writer, editor-in-chief, political scientist, investigative journalist, historian, journalist^[13]^[14]^[15]
Employer: The New Times, National Research University – Higher School of Economics^[20]^[21]
Field of work: journalism, political science, literature^[16]^[17]^[18]
Position held: editor-in-chief^[19]
Educated at: MSU Faculty of Journalism, Harvard University, Harvard University
Religion or worldview: Judaism^[28]
Award received: Golden Pen of Russia^[26]
Notable work: Tobacco Underground, Making a Killing, Big Tobacco Smuggling^[23]^[24]^[25]
Spouse: Yaroslav Golovanov^[8]
Doctoral advisor: Timothy Colton^[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Russian^[33]
Described by source: Lentapedia^[32]
Family name: Albats^[30]
Given name: Evgenia^[31]
Member of: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists^[27]
Name in native language: Евгения Марковна Альбац^[34]
Native language: Russian^[11]
P14750: C789-5FAD-CF94-4E11-D60E^[45]

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Social media followers: 155k (53k–155k, n=9)^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43]^[44]
Start of work period: 1986^[35]

🏷️ Also known as

en Yevgeniya Markovna Albats en Yevgenia Markovna Albats en Yevgenia Mark Albats en Yevgenia Albats cs Jevgenija Al‘bac cs Jevgenija Markovna Albac cs Jevgenija Markovna Albacová cs Евгения Марковна Альбац de Yevgenia Albats de Jewgenija Markowna Albaz de Jewgenija Albaz el Γεβγκένια Άλμπατς es Yevguenia Márkovna Albáts es Yevguenia Albats es Yevguenia Albáts fi Jevgenija Albats fr Evguenia Albats he יבגניה אלבץ it Evgenija Markovna Al'bac ja エヴゲーニヤ・アルバーツ

🔖 Identifiers · 30

ISNI: 0000000117565495
VIAF cluster ID: 31865440
Library of Congress authority ID: nr93003134
GND ID: 172533171
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Евгения Альбац (8380176241).jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12470722t
Biografija.ru ID: albac-evgeniya-markovna
Boosty author ID: albats
DDB person (GND) ID: 172533171
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 172533171
Facebook username: yevgenia.albats
Freebase ID: /m/028c4bj

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IMDb ID: nm6764507
IdRef ID: 033896453
Instagram username: ymalbats
Kinopoisk person ID: 4237149
LiveJournal ID: ymalbats
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID: 253467
Muck Rack journalist ID: evgeniya-albats
NL CR AUT ID: js20231183005
NUKAT ID: n96500773
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007425430905171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000015694
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810631186605606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 108679101
Patreon ID: AlbatsLIVE
Threads username: ymalbats
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJB483dXCmFkWXgmWTYXVC
X (Twitter) username: albats
YouTube channel ID: UCZdyijiiXyMyrwTYMGOVxKA

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 9

writer, journalist, historian, editor-in-chief, public figure, radio personality, political scientist, investigative journalist +1 more

Field of work 3

literature, journalism, political science

Country of citizenship 2

Russia, Soviet Union

Educated at 2

Harvard University, MSU Faculty of Journalism

Employer 2

National Research University – Higher School of Economics, The New Times

Edited works 1

The New Times

Ethnic group 1

Jewish people

Given name 1

Evgenia

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Russian

Member of 1

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Native language 1

Russian

Place of birth 1

Moscow

Position held 1

editor-in-chief

Religion or worldview 1

Judaism

Sex or gender 1

female

Spouse 1

Yaroslav Golovanov

Spouses 1

Yaroslav Golovanov

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Summary

Yevgenia Albats was born on September 5, 1958^[1], in Moscow^[2]. She has worked as a political reporter^[3], radio personality^[4], writer^[5], editor-in-chief^[6], and political scientist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Yevgenia Albats born?

Yevgenia Albats was born in Moscow^[2].

Who was Yevgenia Albats married to?

Yevgenia Albats's spouses include Yaroslav Golovanov^[8].

What did Yevgenia Albats do for work?

Yevgenia Albats worked as a political reporter^[3], radio personality^[4], writer^[5], editor-in-chief^[6], and political scientist^[7].

What awards did Yevgenia Albats receive?

Honors received include Golden Pen of Russia^[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — place of birth (P19): Moscow. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — sex or gender (P21): female. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2025-08-29. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — spouse (P26): Yaroslav Golovanov. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — country of citizenship (P27): Soviet Union. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — country of citizenship (P27): Russia. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — position held (P39): editor-in-chief. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — field of work (P101): journalism. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-04-04. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — field of work (P101): political science. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-04-04. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — field of work (P101): literature. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-04-04. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — native language (P103): Russian. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — occupation (P106): political reporter. icij.org. icij.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — occupation (P106): radio personality. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — occupation (P106): editor-in-chief. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — occupation (P106): political scientist. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-04-04. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — occupation (P106): investigative journalist. icij.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28. icij.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — occupation (P106): historian. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — occupation (P106): journalist. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-04-04. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — employer (P108): The New Times. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — employer (P108): National Research University – Higher School of Economics. Retrieved 2019-07-05. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — religion or worldview (P140): Judaism. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — award received (P166): Golden Pen of Russia. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — ethnic group (P172): Jewish people. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — doctoral advisor (P184): Timothy Colton. Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — member of (P463): International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. icij.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28. icij.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — date of birth (P569): September 5, 1958. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — family name (P734): Albats. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — given name (P735): Evgenia. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — notable work (P800): Tobacco Underground. icij.org. Retrieved 2023-07-06. icij.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — notable work (P800): Making a Killing. icij.org. Retrieved 2023-07-06. icij.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — notable work (P800): Big Tobacco Smuggling. icij.org. Retrieved 2023-07-06. icij.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — described by source (P1343): Lentapedia. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Russian. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — name in native language (P1559): Евгения Марковна Альбац. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — start of work period (P2031): 1986. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — social media followers (P8687): 113,335. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — social media followers (P8687): 111,022. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — social media followers (P8687): 52,800. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — social media followers (P8687): 121,566. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — social media followers (P8687): 78,500. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — social media followers (P8687): 134,064. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — social media followers (P8687): 127,000. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — social media followers (P8687): 147,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-01-13. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — social media followers (P8687): 155,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-01-25. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Yevgenia Albats — P14750 (P14750): C789-5FAD-CF94-4E11-D60E. wikidata.org.

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Family name → Albats

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Notable work → Tobacco Underground, Making a Killing, Big Tobacco Smuggling

Given name → Evgenia

Field of work → journalism, political science, literature

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