I am applying to the Master in Management (MiM) programme at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University. Having completed my Bachelor’s degree in International Relations at St. Petersburg State University, I have made a deliberate choice to pursue management. I am convinced that effective leadership, strategic planning, crisis management, and sustainable economic development depend on highly qualified, versatile managers who combine strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of human behaviour.
What draws me to the management profession is its multifaceted nature: it demands flexibility, knowledge across various domains, attention to detail, and the ability to lead diverse teams. Leaders are not born — they are developed through cultivating empathy, gaining practical experience, and sharpening the ability to notice subtle but critical nuances.
During my school years, I served as the leader of the German Youth Club in Kazakhstan. In this role, I was responsible for organising team workflows, strategic planning for the club’s development, and coordinating large-scale cultural events that brought together young people from across the country. This early hands-on experience became my first real immersion in management and clearly demonstrated how essential it is to build effective collaboration with individuals from different cultural, ideological, and social backgrounds.
At the same time, I came to realise that practical teamworking skills must be complemented by a solid theoretical foundation for a deeper understanding of human processes and behaviour. The works of authors such as Jacques Blondel (“Political Leadership: Towards a Comprehensive Analysis”) and Thomas Hobbes (“Leviathan”) helped me understand that the analysis of global processes begins with the study of human nature itself.
Combining these theoretical insights with the ongoing processes of digitalisation, under the guidance of my academic supervisor, I created a database for analysing the online behaviour of politicians and opinion leaders in social networks. This project served as the foundation for my first term paper, “Digital Diplomacy”.
The knowledge and skills acquired during my bachelor’s programme enabled me to start working as early as my second year. I took on the role of Regional Specialist, where my primary responsibility was to establish business and economic ties between Russia and Kazakhstan for the international Home Tech & Electra electronics exhibition held in Almaty. In this position, I honed my negotiation, team coordination, and project management skills — and became fully convinced that management is my true calling.
Among the most valuable courses during my studies were “Conflict Management in International Relations (in English)”, “Private International Law”, “Key Issues of Domestic and Foreign Policy of Modern Russia”, and “Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship”. Later, my research interest shifted towards the impact of migration processes on political governance and economic systems. Under the supervision of Associate Professor Anna Sergeevna Matveevskaya (PhD in Geography, Department of World Politics), I authored the academic article “Migration Processes and Their Influence on Historical Memory in Russia”, which was subsequently indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) and presented at the All-Russian Conference “Eurasianism: Idea, Realities, Projects”, where it received positive feedback.
To bridge theory and practice and further develop my management competencies, I completed several online courses offered by St. Petersburg University in the fields of Management (08.02.00), Psychological Sciences (37.00.00), and Human Resource Management (38.04.03) — in particular, the course “Positive Psychology Tools in Management: A Course for Leaders”. These courses taught me how to analyse employees’ strengths and weaknesses, recognise my own leadership gaps, and effectively transform shortcomings into strengths or correct them.
I am fluent in Russian, German, English, and Kazakh, and I am currently actively studying French. My multilingual proficiency enables me to quickly establish rapport with people from diverse cultural and national backgrounds — a critical skill in international management and public administration projects.
The Master in Management programme particularly appeals to me due to its strong focus on strategic planning, crisis management, big data analytics, human resource management, digital transformation, cross-cultural communication, global supply chains, and sustainable business models in a changing geopolitical environment. These are precisely the tools I aim to master thoroughly.
In the near term, I envision myself working as a manager in international business: leading market-entry projects, conducting negotiations with foreign partners, building multinational teams, and developing business strategies that account for cultural specifics and regulatory requirements. In

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I am applying to the Master in Management (MiM) programme at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University. Having completed my Bachelor’s degree in International Relations at St. Petersburg State University, I have made a deliberate choice to pursue management. I am convinced that effective leadership, strategic planning, crisis management, and sustainable economic development depend on highly qualified, versatile managers who combine strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of human behaviour.
What draws me to the management profession is its multifaceted nature: it demands flexibility, knowledge across various domains, attention to detail, and the ability to lead diverse teams. Leaders are not born — they are developed through cultivating empathy, gaining practical experience, and sharpening the ability to notice subtle but critical nuances.
During my school years, I served as the leader of the German Youth Club in Kazakhstan. In this role, I was responsible for organising team workflows, strategic planning for the club’s development, and coordinating large-scale cultural events that brought together young people from across the country. This early hands-on experience became my first real immersion in management and clearly demonstrated how essential it is to build effective collaboration with individuals from different cultural, ideological, and social backgrounds.
At the same time, I came to realise that practical teamworking skills must be complemented by a solid theoretical foundation for a deeper understanding of human processes and behaviour. The works of authors such as Jacques Blondel (“Political Leadership: Towards a Comprehensive Analysis”) and Thomas Hobbes (“Leviathan”) helped me understand that the analysis of global processes begins with the study of human nature itself.
Combining these theoretical insights with the ongoing processes of digitalisation, under the guidance of my academic supervisor, I created a database for analysing the online behaviour of politicians and opinion leaders in social networks. This project served as the foundation for my first term paper, “Digital Diplomacy”.
The knowledge and skills acquired during my bachelor’s programme enabled me to start working as early as my second year. I took on the role of Regional Specialist, where my primary responsibility was to establish business and economic ties between Russia and Kazakhstan for the international Home Tech & Electra electronics exhibition held in Almaty. In this position, I honed my negotiation, team coordination, and project management skills — and became fully convinced that management is my true calling.
Among the most valuable courses during my studies were “Conflict Management in International Relations (in English)”, “Private International Law”, “Key Issues of Domestic and Foreign Policy of Modern Russia”, and “Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship”. Later, my research interest shifted towards the impact of migration processes on political governance and economic systems. Under the supervision of Associate Professor Anna Sergeevna Matveevskaya (PhD in Geography, Department of World Politics), I authored the academic article “Migration Processes and Their Influence on Historical Memory in Russia”, which was subsequently indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) and presented at the All-Russian Conference “Eurasianism: Idea, Realities, Projects”, where it received positive feedback.
To bridge theory and practice and further develop my management competencies, I completed several online courses offered by St. Petersburg University in the fields of Management (08.02.00), Psychological Sciences (37.00.00), and Human Resource Management (38.04.03) — in particular, the course “Positive Psychology Tools in Management: A Course for Leaders”. These courses taught me how to analyse employees’ strengths and weaknesses, recognise my own leadership gaps, and effectively transform shortcomings into strengths or correct them.
I am fluent in Russian, German, English, and Kazakh, and I am currently actively studying French. My multilingual proficiency enables me to quickly establish rapport with people from diverse cultural and national backgrounds — a critical skill in international management and public administration projects.
The Master in Management programme particularly appeals to me due to its strong focus on strategic planning, crisis management, big data analytics, human resource management, digital transformation, cross-cultural communication, global supply chains, and sustainable business models in a changing geopolitical environment. These are precisely the tools I aim to master thoroughly.
In the near term, I envision myself working as a manager in international business: leading market-entry projects, conducting negotiations with foreign partners, building multinational teams, and developing business strategies that account for cultural specifics and regulatory requirements. In

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Мотивационное эссе для поступления в магистратуру MiM (Graduate School of Management, СПбГУ)

Я не меняю траекторию — я меняю оптику. Международные отношения научили меня видеть карту мира: линии интересов, узлы конфликтов, зыбкие союзы. Но в какой-то момент стало ясно: одних карт недостаточно. Нужны те, кто умеет превращать сложность в действие. Кто собирает людей в работающую систему, когда вокруг шум, сроки и неопределённость. Поэтому выбор в пользу Master in Management в Graduate School of Management СПбГУ для меня — не случайный поворот, а логическое продолжение пути.

Менеджмент притягивает меня тем, что это профессия «на стыке». Здесь нет права быть однокнопочным специалистом. Сегодня — стратегия, завтра — кризис, послезавтра — переговоры, где важнее пауза, чем слово. И всё это упирается в главное: в человека. Не в абстрактного «ресурс», а в живого, уязвимого, иногда упрямого, иногда вдохновлённого. Лидерами не рождаются — лидерами становятся, когда учатся не только говорить, но и слышать; не только требовать, но и понимать, почему у другого дрожит голос на планёрке или почему команда вдруг «оседает» на ровном месте.

Первые уроки управления я получил ещё в школьные годы, когда был лидером Немецкого молодёжного клуба в Казахстане. Тогда у меня не было модных терминов — ни про KPI, ни про agile. Зато была реальность: люди из разных городов, разные ожидания, разные культурные привычки — и общий проект, который нужно довести до результата. Я отвечал за организацию командной работы, продумывал развитие клуба, координировал культурные мероприятия, объединявшие молодёжь со всей страны. Это был мой первый опыт, когда ответственность перестаёт быть красивым словом и становится весом в ладони: либо ты удержишь процесс, либо он рассыплется, как бусины по полу.

Со временем я понял простую вещь: практика без теории похожа на езду ночью без фар. Можно двигаться, но слишком легко врезаться. Поэтому я сознательно искал фундамент, который объясняет, как устроено лидерство и почему люди следуют за одними и спорят с другими. В этом смысле на меня повлияли Жак Блондель с его взглядом на политическое лидерство и Томас Гоббс, который, по сути, заставляет смотреть внутрь человеческой природы, прежде чем судить о «больших» системах. Меня зацепила мысль: глобальные процессы начинаются не на саммитах, а в мотивации, страхах, амбициях конкретных людей.

И дальше возник естественный мост к цифровой реальности. Под руководством научного руководителя я создал базу данных для анализа онлайн-поведения политиков и лидеров мнений в социальных сетях. Проект стал основой моей первой курсовой работы «Цифровая дипломатия».

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