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Otto Schmidt

Отто-Фридрихъ-Юліусъ Юльевичъ Шмидтъ

Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956).

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Place of Burial

Novodevichy Cemetery
Burial Plot Reference
:Sec. 1, Fila 43
Coordinate Location
: 55.7247°N 37.5542°E

Occupation

11 items
Astronomer
Mathematician
Explorer
Politician
University Teacher
Physicist
Statesperson
Psychoanalyst
Geophysicist
Geographer
Traveler

Place of Death

Moscow

Country of Citizenship

Russian Empire
( - 1917)
End Time
: 1917
Russian Republic
(9/14/1917 - 11/8/1917)
End Time
: 11/8/1917
Start Time
: 9/14/1917
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
( - 7/6/1923)
End Time
: 7/6/1923
Soviet Union
(7/6/1923 - )
Start Time
: 7/6/1923

Date of Death

9/7/1956

Place of Birth

Mogilev

Instance Of

Human

Date of Birth

9/30/1891
9/30/1891

Child

Vladimir Schmidt
Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt

Award Received

Hero of the Soviet Union
(1937)
Point in Time
: 1937
Order of Lenin
(1937)
Point in Time
: 1937
Point in Time
: 1932
Point in Time
: 1953
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
(1937)
Point in Time
: 1937
Point in Time
: 1945
Order of the Red Star
(1934)
Point in Time
: 1934
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

Cause of Death

Tuberculosis

Medical Condition

Tuberculosis

Member of Political Party

Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(1919 - )
Start Time
: 1919
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
( - 1918)
End Time
: 1918
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (of Internationalists)
(1918 - )
Start Time
: 1918

Given Name

Otto

Member Of

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
(5/27/1934 - )
Start Time
: 5/27/1934
Russian Academy of Sciences
(2/1/1933 - 6/1/1935)
Subject Has Role
:
Corresponding Member
End Time
: 6/1/1935
Start Time
: 2/1/1933
Russian Academy of Sciences
(6/1/1935 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Academician
Start Time
: 6/1/1935

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Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Шмидт Отто Юльевич
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia
Volume
:11
Page(s)
:14
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Faces of Moscow
Astronomers: A Biographical Reference

Birth Name

Отто-Фридрихъ-Юліусъ Юльевичъ Шмидтъ

Educated At

Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Kyiv University
( - 1913)
End Time
: 1913
Second Kyevan Gymnasium
( - 1909)
End Time
: 1909

Doctoral Advisor

Dmitry Grave

Field of Work

Group Theory
Astronomy
Mathematics
Geography
Geophysics
Psychoanalysis

Name in Native Language

Отто Юльевич Шмидт

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Russian
German
Latvian

Employer

11 items
Russian Academy of Sciences
(1935 - )
Start Time
: 1935
Imperial University of St. Vladimir
(1916 - 1917)
End Time
: 1917
Start Time
: 1916
Lomonosov Moscow State University
(1923 - 1930)
End Time
: 1930
Start Time
: 1923
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth
(1939 - 1949)
End Time
: 1949
Start Time
: 1939
Matematicheskii Sbornik
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
(1916 - )
Start Time
: 1916
Russian Academy of Sciences
(2/28/1939 - 3/24/1942)
Position Held
:
Vice President
End Time
: 3/24/1942
Start Time
: 2/28/1939

Family Name

Schmidt

Spouse

Vera Schmidt

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Position Held

11 items
Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
(1938 - 1946)
End Time
: 1946
Start Time
: 1938
Director
(1921 - 1924)
End Time
: 1924
Start Time
: 1921
Privatdozent
(1916 - )
Employer
:
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Start Time
: 1916
Editor-in-Chief
(1924 - 1942)
Employer
:
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
End Time
: 1942
Start Time
: 1924
Head of Department
(1929 - 1949)
Employer
:
MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
End Time
: 1949
Start Time
: 1929
Editor-in-Chief
(1932 - 1950)
Employer
:
Matematicheskii Sbornik
End Time
: 1950
Start Time
: 1932
Expedition Leader
(1930 - 1934)
End Time
: 1934
Start Time
: 1930
Director
(1930 - 1932)
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
End Time
: 1932
Start Time
: 1930
Chief Manager
(1932 - 1938)
End Time
: 1938
Start Time
: 1932
Vice President
(2/28/1939 - 3/24/1942)
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Academy of Sciences of the USSR
End Time
: 3/24/1942
Start Time
: 2/28/1939
Director
(1940s)
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth
Point in Time
: 1940s

Professorship

Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
(1935 - )
Start Time
: 1935
Full Professor
(1924 - )
Start Time
: 1924

Work Location

Arctic
Soviet Union

Academic Degree

Master's Degree
Educated At
:
Imperial University of St. Vladimir

Sex or Gender

Male

Notable Work

Krull–Schmidt Theorem
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth

Academic Thesis

Native Language

Russian

Ethnic Group

Baltic Germans

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RSFSR People's Commissariat on Food
(October 1917 - )
Start Time
: October 1917
Mogilev Male Gymnasium
(1900s)
Point in Time
: 1900s
Otto Schmidt
Northern Sea Route
OGIZ
(1921 - )
Start Time
: 1921
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
OGIZ
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Work Available at URL
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Publication Date
: 1916
Statement Is Subject Of
:
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Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route
(1932 - 1939)
End Time
: 1939
Start Time
: 1932
Employer
:
Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route