Yasen Zasursky, President of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, dies

President and former dean of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, Yasen Zasursky, died at the age of 92. About this on your Facebook page reported his grandson Ivan Zasursky. Information confirmed TASS and the press service of the faculty.

“Yasen Nikolaevich Zasursky was, of course, not just the dean of the journalism faculty of Moscow State University. He was the faculty of journalism at Moscow State University. And something else, and something else. One can say with confidence about this: great. You can’t argue, and no one will argue. And it hurts so much, because the feeling of a huge personal loss. As if a piece of you was cut off. Your youth, and your life. Everything will be all the more wrong now, ”he wrote.

The cause of the teacher’s death has not yet been specified.

Yasen Zasursky began working at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University in 1953. After 12 years, he took up the position of dean, having served there for 42 years. In 2007, he stepped down as Dean of the Faculty of Journalism and received the honorary position of President of the Faculty of Journalism.

During his career, Zasursky received many awards, was a laureate of three Moscow State University prizes and prizes of the Russian government in the field of print media. In 2003, he was awarded the title of Honored Professor of Moscow State University, and in 2018 – Honored Journalist of Russia.