Background
Nikolay Viktorovich was born on June 13, 1874 in the city of Narva, Livonia province, Russia (now Narva, Estonia) in the family of a hereditary nobleman.
Nikolay Viktorovich was born on June 13, 1874 in the city of Narva, Livonia province, Russia (now Narva, Estonia) in the family of a hereditary nobleman.
In 1892, Nikolay finished high school in Yuriev. In 1897, he graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, chemical department, Yuriev University.
In 1897-1916, Nikolay Viktorovich worked as an assistant, privat-docent at Yurievsky University (now Voronezh State University). In 1916-1920, he was a professor at the department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry and in 1918-1919, rector and dean of the faculty of Chemistry at the Perm University. In 1920-1924, he was a professor at Tomsk State University, at the same time a professor at Tomsk Institute of Technology.
Since 1924, Kultashev was a professor, head of the department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Voronezh State University.
Nikolay was a specialist in the field of physical chemistry. He was the author of a number of studies, including the monograph "Melting curve of binary systems at high pressures", Yuriev, 1908. In 1937, he was arrested for political reasons, he was kept in confinement until 1939, but was acquitted by a court of military tribunal.
In 1942-1945, he was in captivity, at that time he worked at research institutions in Kharkov, Lvov, Krakow, Berlin.
After the defeat of Germany in May 1945, he worked at a Soviet military scientific institution. Since February 1946, he was a professor at the department of colloid chemistry, Voronezh State University.
