Boris Zinoviyevich Falikov (Russian: Борис Зиновьевич Фаликов), born September 24, 1947, in Holmsk, Sakhalin region, Russian Federation - is a Soviet and Russian historian and publicist, specializing in the field of new religions, has a Ph.D. in history sciences, assistant professor at “Centre of Religion Studies" with Russian State University for the Humanities.He is the younger brother of the poet and writer .