Viktor Sobolev (scientist)

Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev (Russian: Виктор Викторович Соболев; September 2, 1915 – January 7, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian astrophysicist,^[1] Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (since 1981), Hero of Socialist Labour (1985).

Viktor Sobolev
Born	(1915-09-02)2 September 1915 Petrograd, Russian Empire
Died	7 January 1999(1999-01-07) (aged 83) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Alma mater	Leningrad State University
Known for	Astrophysics
Awards	Hero of Socialist Labour (1985) Order of Lenin Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy, physics
Institutions	Saint Petersburg State University

Biography

He was born in Petrograd, and studied at the Leningrad State University from 1933 to 1938, and in 1948, he received the title of Professor. He was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1958.