Sergey Khristianovich

Sergey Khristianovich
Born	(1908-11-09)9 November 1908 Saint-Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	28 April 2000(2000-04-28) (aged 91) Moscow, Russia
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Scientific career
Fields	Mechanics

Sergey Alekseyevich Khristianovich (Template:Lang-ru, 9 November 1908 – 28 April 2000) was a mechanics scientist from the Soviet Union. Academician of AS USSR since 1943 (corresponding member since 1939), Hero of Soc. Labour (1969).

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.

Further reading

• A.M. Kharitonov (2008). "Research, Teaching and Social Activities of Academician Sergey Alekseevich Khristianovich" (О научной, педагогической и общественной деятельности академика Сергея Алексеевича Христиановича). Methods of Aerophysical Research, 14th International Conference. Novosibirsk, Russia: Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, SB RAS. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
• E.P. Zimin; S.V. Kislyakov; G.S. Monakhtina; V.P. Pavlov (2009). V.V. Kozlov (ed.). "Khristianovich Sergei Alekseevich (1908–2000)". Steklov Institute of Mathematics 75th anniversary. Dictionary of biographies (in Russian). Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.