Kozeruk Anatoly Nikolaevich. Biography

Full name: Anatoly Kozeruk

Place of birth: Moscow

Date of birth: January 25, 1978.

Education: higher, RSUH, Department of Local History and Historical and Cultural Tourism

Profession: traveler, teacher of the Russian State University for the Humanities, author of two novels: "Notes of a Tolik-traveler" and "Peace in Your Eyes", honorary member of the Moscow Local Lore Society

Marital status: married, two children

Kozeruk Anatoly Nikolaevich grew up in the family of the geologist Nikolai Andreevich and the accountant Vera Stepanovna. Children's years of Anatoly in connection with his father's regular business trips were spent traveling around the CIS and abroad: Tyumen, Novy Urengoy, Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, Yerevan (Armenia) and even Basra (Iraq). Therefore, it is not surprising that later a young man as a profession chose for himself the path of a local ethnographer and traveler. New cities, delightful landscapes, mysterious myths and legends of different corners of the earth have forever captivated the heart of Anatoly Nikolaevich.

Changing one school after another while moving, Anatoly started a lot of interesting acquaintances. Local residents did not miss the opportunity to share urban legends with young Anatoly. These notes later formed the basis of his first humorous novel "Notes of the Tolka-traveler." In the book the author shares his observations on the life of people in different countries, their customs, traditions, way of life, gives recommendations to tourists on how to behave in this or that place.

In 1992, the family returned to their homeland in Moscow.

In 1996, Kozeruk Anatoly Nikolayevich finished high school. On the family council, it was decided to admit the young man to the RSUH at the Department of Local History and History.

In 1997, during the summer practice, Anatoly Nikolayevich travels with Russia along with the group. There he adds notes to his future novel. And upon returning to study, on the 2nd course decides to publish his first author's work. The first reader of the novel was the father of Anatoly - Nikolai Andreevich, who praised the writer's talent for his son. He showed the book to his colleagues from the publishing house, and they decided to print a trial 30 copies. The novel fell in love with classmates and friends of the Anatolian family. And even the scientific supervisor on the diploma Anatoly bought a copy for review. Fame did not keep you waiting, and already on the 5th course the name "Kozeruk Anatoly Nikolayevich" was associated with students of the RSUH with a young and talented traveler.

After defending the diploma, the teaching staff recommended Anatoly for admission to graduate school. Kozeruk Anatoly Nikolaevich becomes a teacher at his native department. He is also admitted to the Moscow Local Lore Society.

In 2002, during his regular working trip to Saratov, Anatoly Nikolaevich got acquainted with his future wife Jeanne, who worked as a guide in the Radishchev Art Museum. After six months, Jeanne moved to Moscow to Anatolia, and in the summer of 2003 the couple signs at the Central Registry Office.

In 2008, Kozeruk Anatoly decided to write a second novel - "Peace in Your Eyes", dedicated to his beloved wife Jeanne, who discovered and presented a modest new world to a modest traveler - family happiness.

Currently, Kozeruk Anatoly Nikolaevich teaches a course in regional studies at the RSUH, he is active in attracting the younger generation to travel around their native country, full of unexplored beautiful places. Anatoly Nikolayevich also conducts electives at the school of his eldest son Peter. As head of the parent committee, he regularly organizes trips of schoolchildren to various cities of Russia in order to study the culture and history of the state.