Alexei Gaidukov

Alexey Viktorovich Gaidukov (; born 15 June 1974) is a Russian religious scholar, specialist in new religious movements (especially Modern Paganism). He is the son of the surgeon .

Gaidukov was born in Leningrad, in the Soviet Union. In 1991 he graduated from secondary school No. 248 in Leningrad. In 1996 he graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences Herzen University and, in 1999, a full-time Ph.D. program in the Department of Religious Studies there.

In 1995–2001, Gaidukov was a teacher of history, law, and social studies at secondary school No. 551 in St. Petersburg. In 2001-2015 - Senior Lecturer (since 2001) and Associate Professor (since 2004) of the Department of Religious Studies, Herzen University. Since 2003 - curator of the student scientific society of the department. and since 2002 - a member of the society "Knowledge" of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region"». Since 2007, he has been a member of the Russian Association of Researchers of Religion (Российское объединение исследователей религии). Since 2018, he has been a member of the Russian Religious Society (Русское религиоведческое общество).