Abalakin, Viktor Kuz mich
Oral history interview with Viktor Abalakin, 1994 January 14.
In this interviewm Viktor Abalakin discusses his education and career in astronomy. Topics discussed include: Odessa State University; Michael Stephanovitch Kovalenko; Sky and Telescope; Otto Schmidt; Boris Levin; Ernst pik; Joseph Stalin; Sputnik project; Project Vanguard; International Astronomical Union; Sergei I. Gaposchkin; Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin; Pulkovo Observatory.
Russian astronomer, born August 27, 1930, Director of Pulkovo Observatory.
Abalakin, Viktor Kuz mich
Gaposchkin, Sergei, 1898-
Kovalenko, Michael S.
Levin, B. I U . (Boris I U l evich), 1912-
pik, Ernst Julius, 1893-1985
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979-
Shmidt, Otto I U l evich, 1891-1956
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Glavnai a astronomicheskai a observatorii a (Soviet Union)
International Astronomical Union
Odes ky derz h avny universytet imeni I.I. Mechnykova
Sky and telescope
Astronomy.
Education.
Project Vanguard
Sputnik satellites
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