Fyodor Semyonovich Gorovoy was a Soviet historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, head of the Department of History of the USSR (1948-1961), Rector of Perm State University (1961–1970), Honored Scientist of the RSFSR (1966), member of the Scientific Council for the History of Cities and Villages under the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Deputy of the Perm regional, city and Dzerzhinsk district Councils of the city of Perm.
