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Name
Viktor Sadovnichiy
Books
Theory of Operators
Spouse
Ada Sadovnichaya
Role
Mathematician
Children
Anna Sadovnichaya, Inna Sadovnichaya, Yuriy Sadovnichiy
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.
Successful forecast of the second (2011) wave of the world financial economic crisis
In his article “On the Possibilities to Forecast the Current Crisis and its Second Wave” (with Askar Akaev and Andrey Korotayev) in the Russian academic journal “Ekonomicheskaya politika” (December 2010. Issue 6. Pages 39–46 [1]) he published «a forecast of the second wave of the crisis, which suggests that it may start in July — August, 2011».
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Medal "For Valiant Labour. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of VI Lenin"
Order of Francisc Skorina (Belarus)
Order "Dostyk" (Kazakhstan, 1998)
Order "Danaker" (Kyrgyzstan, 2003) - for the great achievements in science and education, integration and convergence of higher education in Russia and Kyrgyzstan
Order of Merit (Ukraine);
1st class (26 March 2009) - for his outstanding personal contribution to strengthening Russian-Ukrainian cooperation in education and science, and many years of fruitful scientific and social activity
2nd class (6 December 2002) - for personal contribution into development of Ukrainian-Russian cooperation, active participation in providing for the Year of Ukraine in the Russian Federation
3rd class (30 March 1999) - a significant personal contribution to the development of economic and scientific-technical cooperation between Ukraine and the Russian Federation
Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class (Japan, 2008) - for his contribution to scientific and technical cooperation and deepening understanding between the two countries
Medal of Honour (South Ossetia, 25 March 2009) - for long and fruitful scientific and teaching activities, considerable personal contribution to the preparation of highly qualified specialists for the Republic of South Ossetia
Order of St. Sergius, 1st class (Russian Orthodox Church)
Award named after MV Lomonosov Moscow State University (1973)
Honorary member of the Society of Philosophy and economic theory meeting
Honorary citizen of Moscow (19 February 2008)
Order of the Republic (Transnistria, 9 October 2000) - for the activity shown by the establishment of offices in sociology and political science in the Transnistrian State University named after Taras Shevchenko, the training of highly qualified specialists for Transnistrian Moldovan Republic and in connection with the 10th anniversary of its formation
Order "For merits", 1st class (Transnistria, 25 March 2009) - for his personal contribution to strengthening and developing friendship and cooperation between Russia and Transnistrian Moldovan Republic, outstanding achievements in the establishment and development of science and education to Transnistrian Moldovan Republic and connection with the 70th anniversary of the birth
Order of Merit (Transnistria, 26 March 2004) - for his personal contribution to the establishment and development of science and education in the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic and in connection with the 65th anniversary of the birth
Presidential Award of peace and spiritual harmony (Kazakhstan, 1998)
