Memorial Page for Igor Rostislawowitsch Schafarewitsch
Soviet and Russian mathematician
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Igor Shafarevich (* June 3, 1923 in Zhytomyr; † February 19, 2017 in Moscow) was a soviet and Russian mathematician. He was 93 years old. He was married to Lyubov Shafarevich. His education included MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics and Steklov Institute of Mathematics. His faith was Eastern Orthodox Church. He received 4 awards, including Dannie Heineman Prize, honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XI. He was buried at Troyekurovskoye cemetery.
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9 EventsBorn in Zhytomyr, Kyiv Oblast
1923MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
1939until 1944
Steklov Institute of Mathematics
1944Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics · until 1946
Lomonosov Moscow State University
1944until 1975
Steklov Institute of Mathematics
1946honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XI
1978Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1981Leonard Euler Gold Medal
2017Died in Moscow, Russia
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Igor Rostislawowitsch Schafarewitsch. Forever remembered.