Background
POTAPOV, Makariy was born on February 29, 1887 in Bczhetsk, now Kalinin Oblast.
POTAPOV, Makariy was born on February 29, 1887 in Bczhetsk, now Kalinin Oblast.
1915 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Institute of Transport Engineer.
From 1921 director, Crimean Water Board. 1925-1928 consultant, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics State Planning Committee. 1928-1930 worked in Centr Asia.
1930-1936 lecturer, from 1936 professor, Moscow Institute of Water Management Engineer. Developed theory of longitudinal-helical flow and a method of artificial lateral circulation. Also devised an original system for rearranging flow structure.
Correspondent member, Belorussian Academy of Sciences from 1940.