Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945
Kursk Real Colledge
Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945
Nikolay Petrovich Chebotarev was born in 1892 in the city of Oboyan, Kursk, Russian Federation, in the family of a poor railway employee. He grew up a frail, sickly child. At the age of seven, doctors predicted death from consumption by the age of 24. However, due to a healthy lifestyle, physical education, and sports, the predictions of doctors have not failed to come true.
After graduating from a four-year school in 1908, Nikolay Petrovich entered the Kursk Real Colledge. He graduated from college as an external student in 1914 and in 1918 he entered the Engineering and Land Reclamation Department of the Kharkov Agricultural Institute. He combined successful studies with the work of a mediator at the same institute. In 1929, Nikolai Petrovich graduated from graduate school at the Research Institute of Water Management, at the same time working as a researcher.
Scientific activity Nikolay Petrovich began on a student bench under the guidance of Professor Yu.V. Lange, where he developed the "Differential method for determining long-term water flow in river basins." In 1925, at the invitation of prof. Yu.V. Lange, he began teaching at the hydrology and irrigation courses at the Faculty of Engineering Reclamation of the Kharkov Agricultural Institute.
At the II All-Union Hydrological Congress (1928) Nikolay Petrovich made a report "On the boundaries of high and low waters." The report was approved by congress. In 1931, at the I All-Union Congress of Hydraulic Engineers, he made three reports: Thermal calculation of cooling ponds; A method for determining evaporation water loss in reservoirs; Dam monitoring equipment (piezometric).
In 1933 Nikolay Petrovich was invited to the post of head of the Department of Hydrology of the Kharkov Hydrometeorological Institute. In 1940, by competition elected as the head of the Department of Geophysics at Voronezh State University.
In March 1946, Nikolay Petrovich was awarded the degree of professor, then Nikolai Petrovich became dean of the Physics and Mathematics Department of Voronezh State University.
Quotations: "A true hydrologist must be physically strong, hardened, healthy, hardy, swim well, steer a boat, and quickly navigate the current situation on the river, especially during ice drift."
Along with his students, Nikolai Petrovich skated. In the summer, Nikolai Petrovich was often seen on a bicycle, making long outing outings.
