Ivan Petrovsky
Ivan Gieorgijewicz Petrovsky (Russian: Иван Георгиевич Петровский, born January 18, 1901 in Siewsk, died January 15, 1973 in Moscow) - Soviet mathematician, rector of the Moscow State University (1951-1973), the Hero of Socialist Labor (1969). Curriculum vitae In 1917 he graduated from the municipal real school and started studying at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Moscow State University. In 1918 he returned to the family, with whom he soon went to Jelizawietgrad (currently Kropywnycki), he worked, among others, as a locksmith. In 1922 he returned to Moscow and continued his studies, in 1923 he became a lecturer in mathematics at the Faculty of Labor, in 1927 he graduated from the Moscow State University in accelerated mode, in 1930 he completed his aspirancy. In 1929 he became an assistant and associate professor, in 1933 became a professor, in 1935 he was the head of the department in PhD in physical and mathematical sciences, and in 1939 he was dean of the Faculty...