Viktor Lensky

Viktor Lensky
Виктор Степанович Ленский
Born	1913-02-23 Staraya Nechaevka, Saransky Uyezd, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	1998-03-07 Moscow, Russia
Citizenship	Russian Empire, USSR, Russia
Education	MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics (1938) Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Mathematics (1947) Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics (1960) Professor (1963)
Occupation	Scientist
Years active	1938–1998
Organization	MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
Known for	His works in Continuum mechanics
Children	Anatoly Lensky, Erlen Lensky
Awards	Order of the Patriotic War Order of the Red Star Medal "For Courage" (2) Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" Lomonosov Award
Honours	Distinguished Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR Distinguished Professor of Moscow State University

Viktor Stepanovich Lensky (Russian: Виктор Степанович Ленский; 23 February 1913 – 7 March 1998) was a soviet and Russian scientist who worked in the field of continuum mechanics.

Biography

Viktor Lensky was born on February 10 (23) 1913 in the village of Staraya Nechaevka in the family of a clergyman. In 1930 he graduated from a nine-year school, then worked as a laborer. In 1932 he entered the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of the Rostov State Pedagogical Institute. In 1935 he was transferred to the Department of Elasticity theory of the mechanical and mathematical faculty of Moscow State University named after Mikhail Lomonosov. His field of scientific interests includes dynamics of elastic bodies, plasticity.

• Participant of Eastern Front (World War II) (1942—1945, radio operator and scout). He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, Order of the Red Star, two Medals "For Courage", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg".
• Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Physics and Mathematics for "On one-dimensional longitudinal elastic fluctuations of support." (1947)
• Doctor of Sciences in the field of Physics and Mathematics for "Research of the plasticity of metals in complex load." (1961)
• Professor of the Department of elasticity theory of Moscow State University (1963). Distinguished Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR (1974). Distinguished Professor of Moscow State University (1997).
• Winner of the Lomonosov Award of Moscow State University I degree (1996) for "Theory of elastic processes: experimental-theoretical research".