Vladimir Alexandrovich Dergachev (Russian: Владимир Александрович Дергачёв) (born 9 September 1945 in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian SFSR) is a Ukrainian expert in geopolitics. He holds a Doktor nauk in Geography, and is a Professor in the Union of Journalists of Ukraine. Dergachev is an ethnic Russian living in Odessa, Ukraine. He is a graduate of the Moscow State University. Dergachev has authored over 550 scientific and popular writings, including: He has frequently contributed to Kyiv and Moscow newspapers such as Izvestiya, Literaturnaya Gazeta, , and .