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Sergey Khristianovich

1908 – 2000

Russian mathematician

Physicist Mathematician Mechanical engineer

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About Sergey Khristianovich

Lived 1908 – 2000 (aged 91). Sergey Khristianovich was a Russian physicist, mathematician and mechanical engineer.

Sergey Alekseyevich Khristianovich (, 9 November 1908 – 28 April 2000) was a mechanics scientist from the Soviet Union. Academician of Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union and then Russian Academy of Sciences, since 1943 (corresponding member since 1939), Hero of Socialist Labour.

Sergey Khristianovich graduated from Leningrad State University in 1930. He has made a huge contribution into development of mechanics in Russia and is well known for his studies in aerodynamics.

Khristianovich was one of the organizers of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SBRAS), one of the organizers of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and a co-founder of Novosibirsk State University.

He was dismissed from SBRAS in 2003.

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Important facts

Born

27 October 1908, Saint Petersburg

Birth century

20th century

Died

28 April 2000, Moscow

Occupation

Physicist, mathematician, mechanical engineer

Nationality

Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russia

Education

Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University, Moscow State University

Employers

Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Awards

State Stalin Prize, 1st degree; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "Veteran of Labour"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Stalin Prize, 2nd degree

Also known as

Sergey Alekseyevich Khristianovich, S.A. Khristianovich

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Sergey Khristianovich's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Sergey Khristianovich?

Russian mathematician (1908–2000)

When was Sergey Khristianovich born?

Sergey Khristianovich was born on 27 October 1908 in Saint Petersburg.

When did Sergey Khristianovich die?

Sergey Khristianovich died on 28 April 2000 in Moscow.

What was Sergey Khristianovich's occupation?

Sergey Khristianovich was a physicist, mathematician and mechanical engineer.

What nationality was Sergey Khristianovich?

Sergey Khristianovich was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sergey Khristianovich

· Wikidata: Q4501446

· DBpedia: Sergey Khristianovich

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