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DAVIDENKOV, Nikolay was born on March 26, 1879 in Riga.
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Nikolay Nikolayevich DAVIDENKOV
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Nikolay DAVIDENKOV, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics mechanical engineer Doctor of Physics and Mathematics; professor, Leningrad Polytech Institute from 1925; head, Department of Mechanical Properties of Metals, Leningrad Institute of Physical Engineer, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1925. Stalin Prize (1943); Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1959). member, Ukraine Academy of Sciences from 1939.
Education
1902 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Institute of Communications Engineer.
Career
1909-1918 instructor, St. Petersburg Polytechn. Institute; 1920-1921 instructor, Don Polytechn. Institute; 1921-1922 Professor, Kiev Polytechn.
Institute; 1923-1926 Professor, Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers. Specialist in mechanical properties of metals. Developed mechanical theory of brittleness of metal exposed to cold.
Demonstrated importance of “serial” tests in determining critical temperature of brittleness. Also evolved methods of measuring and combatting residual voltage in manufactured articles, etc.
Religion
Religion obstructs scientific research and technological progress.
Views
Marxism–Leninism as the only truth could not, by its very nature, become outdated.
Membership
Member, Ukraine Academy of Sciences from 1939.
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September 30, 1962 (aged 83) -
Nationality
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics