Gennady Victorovich Lebedev (April 29, 1957 in the USSR – May 12, 2004 in Turkey) was a Russian economist, representative of Austrian School, businessman and politician.
Others of his textbooks are also popular among professors and Lebedev's influence on Russian computer science is widely acknowledged.
[1] In the beginning of 1992 he left the post of chairman and participated in the corporatization of Nakhodka Commercial Sea Port and organisation of Yukos Oil Company where initially he worked as a consultant and later as a vice-president.
Readings in memory of Lebedev take place yearly and are dedicated to projects which develop ideas of freedom and liberty.
Russian publishing house 'Sotsium' jointly with 'Liberal Charter' organised the special series of books called 'GVL Library in honour of Gennady Lebedev (GVL are his initials) and the common subject of the books is libertarian orientation.