Vladimir Petrovich SHCHEGLOV
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Astronomer
Vladimir SHCHEGLOV, USSR Astronomer. Professor; Doctor of Physicotechn. Science; corresponding member, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, since 1956; Professor, Chair of General Mech., Central Asian University, Tashkent, since 1948; Director, Tashkent Astronomical Observatory, since 1941. Uzbek Supreme Soviet Presidium's Scroll of Honor; Order of Red Banner of Labor.
Background
SHCHEGLOV, Vladimir was born in 1904.
Education
1930 graduated Moscow Surveying Institute.
Career
Main works deal with practical astronomy and time service. Series of works devoted to hist, of astronomy.
Religion
Religion is bad because it obstructs scientific research.
Views
Marxism–Leninism as the only truth could not, by its very nature, become outdated.