Alexey Viktorovich Gaidukov (Russian: Алексeй Викторович Гайдуков; born 15 June 1974) is a Russian religious scholar, specialist in new religious movements (especially Modern Paganism).
In 1996 he graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences Herzen University[1][2] and, in 1999, a full-time Ph.D. program in the Department of Religious Studies there.
[3] In 1995–2001, Gaidukov was a teacher of history, law, and social studies at secondary school No.
Since 1997, he has been a member of the Scientific and Methodological Council for Religious Studies of the society "Knowledge" of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region"»[1][5] and since 2002 - a member of the society "Knowledge" of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region"».
[1] Since 2007, he has been a member of the Russian Association of Researchers of Religion (Российское объединение исследователей религии).