Boris Bim-Bad

Boris Bim-Bad, born on 28 December 1941 in Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, and died on 1 March 2023, was a Soviet and Russian teacher, educationalist and television presenter. He studied at the Faculty of History of Moscow State Pedagogical University. He headed a department at the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages, served as rector of the Russian Open University, later the University of the Russian Academy of Education, and was a member of the Russian Academy of Education. His research covered educational theory, the history of education and educational anthropology, and he contributed to discussions on educational science and reform. He also hosted the television game show I Know Everything from 2001 to 2002.