Timur Eneev

Timur Magomedovich Eneev (September 23, 1924^[1] – September 8, 2019) was a Russian mathematician specializing in mechanics and control processes. A minor planet Eneev discovered in 1978 is named after him.^[2] He was the editor-in-chief of the journal Cosmic Research.^[3] He was a member of the Balkar ethnic group.

Timur Eneev
Тимур Энеев
Eneev in 1998
Born	Timur Magomedovich Eneev (1924-09-23)September 23, 1924 Grozny, Russia
Died	September 8, 2019(2019-09-08) (aged 94) Moscow, Russia

Biography

In 1948 Eneev graduated from the Moscow State University and until 1953 worked as a research worker at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics. Since 1953 he is associated with the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics.^[2] He became a member of the CPSU since 1957 and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1968.^[1]

Eneev received the Lenin Prize in 1957 and has been awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.^[1] In 2006 he was awarded the prestigious Demidov Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences in mathematics.