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Doktor nauk
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Doktor nauk (russisk: доктор наук) er en akademisk grad i bruk i Russland. Der er den den høyeste akademiske graden en kan oppnå, over kandidat nauk.[1][2][3][4]
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Graden ble introdusert i Det russiske imperiet i 1819, men tatt ut av bruk i 1917.[5] Under Sovjetunionen ble den tatt opp igjen i 1934.[6]
Etter innflytelse fra Russland og Sovjetunionen tok andre land i bruk graden. Etter Sovjetunionens fall videreførte flere av de nye landene graden, men etter hvert har den blitt faset ut i noen land som Moldova følge av Bologna-prosessen.[7]