Life and scientific work of the passenger of «The Philosophers’ Ship» and astronomer V. V. Stratonov (1869 - 1938)

In the article it was considered the main stages of life, scientific, organizational and pedagogical activity of Novorossiysk University graduate, student of Professor A. K. Kononovych, astronomer V. V. Stratonov. In 1922 V. V. Stratonov was deported from Russia in the so-called «The Philosophers’ Ship». The scientist immediately involved in the stormy and difficult life of immigrants, when he was, not on their own, in exile. He took an active part in public work, he lectured on astronomy at universities, published textbooks and popular scientific books on astronomy than helped to popularize the astronomy abroad.