Niko Muskhelishvili
| Nikoloz (Niko) Muskhelishvili Николай Мусхелишвили ნიკოლოზ მუსხელიშვილი |
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| Born |
February 16, 1891 Tbilisi, Georgia, Russian Empire |
| Died | July 15, 1976 (aged 85) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR |
| Nationality | Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
| Known for | Contributions and solutions on numerous mathematical and physical theories, including elasticity, algebraic equations and practical implementation of physical theories on weapon development of USSR. Contribution on the development of the first space satellite. Founder of Georgian State Academy. |
| Awards |
         Gold Medal Lomonosov Gold Medal Turin Academy of sciences Gold Medal Slovak Academy of Sciences Cyril and Methodius 1 degree (Bulgaria) numerous other awards |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | theoratical and applied mathematics, physics and mechanics |
| Institutions |
Saint Petersburg State University Transcaucasus Academy of Sciences Academy of Sciences Georgian SSR Polytechnic Institute Numerous other Soviet and foreign institutions Cooperation with OKB research labs. |
| Doctoral students | Mark Vishik |
Nikoloz (Niko) Muskhelishvili (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ (ნიკო) მუსხელიშვილი ; February 16 [O.S. 4 February] 1891 – July 16, 1976) was a renowned Soviet Georgian mathematician, physicist and engineer who was one of the founders and first President (1941–1972) of the Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences (now Georgian Academy of Sciences). He is often referred by the Russian version of his name, Nikolay Ivanovich Muskhelisvili (Николай Иванович Мусхелишвили).
Muskhelishvili was born on February 4(16) 1891 in Tbilisi Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire into a family of engineers. He graduated from local grammar school in 1909 and afterwards from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Saint Petersburg in 1914. Immediately after his graduation he became head of Applied Mathematics of the same faculty and in 1918 passed the exam for the master's degree. His first scientific magazine was published already earlier in 1915 containing a number of issues on elasticity theory. From 1917 to 1920 he worked as assistant director of the Petrograd University and also taught mathematics in other institutions in Saint Petersburg. At request of the short lived Democratic Republic of Georgia he moved back to his native country in 1920 in order to organize the establishment of a national scientific school. There Muskhelishvili conducted lessons in the Tbilisi State University and Polytechnic Institute as an assistant professor and from 1922 to 1938 as head professor. After the Soviet invasion of Georgia in 1921 Muskhelishvili was allowed to carry on his works in the Transcaucasian Soviet Academy of Sciences and since 1933 was corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He became a member of the CPSU in 1940.
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