Vladimir Vladimirovich Kawraiski
The Kawraiski of the Northern Fleet (1991)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kawraiski ( Russian Владимир Владимирович Каврайский ; born April 10 . Jul / 22. April 1884 greg. In Bolshoye Scherebjatnikowo , Government Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk Oblast ); † 26. February 1954 in Leningrad ) was a Soviet astronomer and cartographer .
Kawraiski studied at Kharkov University , became a professor at the Naval War Academy in 1935, and in 1944 an engineer- rear admiral . His low-distortion Kawraiski VII projection for displaying geographic maps is well known.
He received the Stalin Prize in 1952 . A mountain on Urup Island in the Kuril Islands and the Kavrayskiy Hills in Antarctica were named after him, as was a diesel-powered icebreaker .
literature
- Kliment Aleksandrovich Zvonarev: Vladimir Vladimirovich Kavrayskiy. In: Istoriko-astronomicheskie issledovaniya, 1966 (IX), pages 261-285.
Web links
- Article Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Kawraiski in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- Description of his books bibcode : 1974SvA .... 18..400Z
Individual evidence
- ↑ 45 ° 57 ' N , 150 ° 3' E
- ↑ 70 ° 27 ′ S , 161 ° 5 ′ E
- ^ Norman Polmar: The Naval Institute guide to the Soviet Navy. U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis 1991, p. 294.
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| SURNAME | Kawraiski, Vladimir Vladimirovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Каврайский, Владимир Владимирович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet astronomer and cartographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolshoye Scherebjatnikowo , Simbirsk Governorate (now Ulyanovsk Oblast ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1954 |
| Place of death | Leningrad |