Viktor Sadovnichiy
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Viktor Sadovnichy at the Festival of Science in 2011
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| Native name | Виктор Антонович Садовничий |
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3 April 1939 Krasnopavlovka, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet Union, Russian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
Rector of Moscow State University Professor, Academic of Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Sciences in Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
| Alma mater | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics |
| Known for | Rector of Moscow State University |
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Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichiy (Russian: Виктор Антонович Садовничий; born 3 April 1939) is a Russian mathematician, winner of the 1989 USSR State Prize. Since 1992 he has been the rector of Moscow State University. One of the main opinion leaders in Russia, who has significant political and social influence.
Sadovnichiy was born in the village Krasnopavlovka in Kharkiv Oblast, now in Ukraine. He graduated from the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University and defended his doctoral thesis in 1974. In 1975 he became Professor, since 1982 until the present day he is the head of the Mathematical Analysis chair of the department. He held different offices in the administration of the University until he was elected the rector in 1992. In 1996, 2001 and 2005 Sadovnichiy was reelected without any other candidates.
On numerous occasions Viktor Sadovnichiy was accused of being one of the organizers of the infamous antisemitic admission policies of the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics during the 1970s and the 1980s .
Sadovnichiy has been a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1994, Doctor Emeritus of many universities throughout the world, as well as the author of some 150 works. In 1989 he was awarded with the USSR State Prize. He is also currently a Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
In 2008, Sadovnichiy received an honorary doctorate from the University of Belgrade.
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