Open AccessFrom Siberia to Siberia. The Fate of the Siberian Astronomer Ivan Naumovich Yazev on the 125th Anniversary of His Birth (1895–1955)
Author(s) -
S. Yazev
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
izvestiâ irkutskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. seriâ istoriâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2222-9124
DOI - 10.26516/2222-9124.2021.35.102
Subject(s) - astronomer , sketch , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , observatory , work (physics) , history , law , ancient history , political science , art history , philosophy , mathematics , physics , astronomy , linguistics , algorithm , thermodynamics
The article is a biographical sketch of the life of the Soviet astronomer I. N. Yazev (1895–1955). His fate is briefly described, including the beginning of scientific and pedagogical activity at the Omsk Agricultural Academy (1922–1925), work at the Pulkovo (1926–1928), Nikolaev (1928-1934), Poltava (1934–1938) observatories, universities in Novosibirsk (1938–1948), at Irkutsk State University and its observatory (1948–1955). In 1947–1948, as a result of party investigations, I. N. Yazev was expelled from the party and dismissed in connection with the concealment of the fact of the membership and the work in government bodies during the Kolchak government (1918–1919), as a result of which he was forced to move to Irkutsk. The main directions of his scientific activity are described, and its results are evaluated.