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Pavel Efimovich El'yasberg | |
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| Born | June 5, 1914 |
| Died | March 30, 1988 (aged 73) |
| Occupation | Scientist |
Pavel Efimovich El'yasberg (5 June 1914 - 30 March 1988) was one of the founders of space ballistics in the former Soviet Union. He was a Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Colonel, twice a knight of the Order of the Red Star, the Orders of the Patriotic War and the Badge of Honor. He was also a Winner of the Lenin Prize[1].
Biography
[edit]El'yasberg was born in a Jewish family on 5 June 1914 in Zhytomyr (now in Ukraine). His father Khaim Berovich (Efim Borisovich) El'yasberg (1874–1942) was from a wealthy Vilnius family, received university education, and became a prominent figure in BUND. His mother Debora Khaimovna (maiden name Tipograf) graduated from Bestuzhev Medical Courses. He has a brother, Maksim Efimovich El'yasberg. The family moved to Kyiv in 1920.
He graduated from the postgraduate program at Kyiv University, as a student of Mikhail Lavrentyev[2][3].
From 1939 he served in the Red Army, participated in the Great Patriotic War, and was the head of artillery workshops[4].
In 1947-1968 he worked at NII-4 (Branch of NII-4 of Ministry of Defense of the USSR) in Bolshevo as a Colonel, Doctor of Technical Sciences[2].
Since 1968, after being discharged into the reserve, he worked as the head of the ballistics department of the Space Research Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences[2].
He also taught at Moscow State University, and since 1963 he has been a professor in the Department of Theoretical Mechanics.
He died on 30 March 1988 and was buried in Moscow at the Vostryakovskoye Cemetery (No. 32)[5].
Honors
[edit]- Lenin Prize, 1957, for the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite.
- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class (3 April 1945)
- Order of the Red Star, twice (1 November 1943; 1956)
- Order of the Badge of Honor
- Medal "For Battle Merit" (30 October 1942; was nominated for the Medal "For Courage")
- Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus" (14 September 1944)
Publications
[edit]- Introduction to the Theory of Flight of Artificial Earth Satellites (Введение в теорию полёта ИСЗ), Publishing House Nauka, Moscow, 1965[6]; English version translated by Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1967.
References
[edit]- ^ "Pavel Eliasberg". Eliasberg Seminar on Mechanics, Control and Informatics of the Space Research Institute (IKI). Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ a b c "ЦНИИ РТК - Энциклопедия космонавтики". 2 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012.
- ^ "ЭЛЬЯСБЕРГ ПАВЕЛ ЕФИМОВИЧ 4 ЦНИИ". Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Elyasberg Pavel Efimovich". Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Космический мемориал - П.Е. Эльясберг". Космический мемориал. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Эльясберг Павел Ефимович - Летопись Московского университета". Летопись Московского университета. Moscow State University. Retrieved 1 January 2025.