Background
Abalakin, Viktor Kuz'mich was born on August 27, 1930 in Odessa, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Kuz'ma Theodore and Mary Vincenc (Rokos-Sokolova) Abalakin.
Abalakin, Viktor Kuz'mich was born on August 27, 1930 in Odessa, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Kuz'ma Theodore and Mary Vincenc (Rokos-Sokolova) Abalakin.
Junior Scientist, Odessa State University, 1953; Candidate Science, Leningrad (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) State University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Leningrad (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) State University, Leningrad, 1978.
Junior scientist, Institute Geophysics Academy Science, Moscow, 1953-1956; junior scientist, Institute Theoretical Astronomy, Leningrad, 1956-1957; senior scientist, Institute Theoretical Astronomy, Leningrad, since 1964; senior scientist Astronomical Observatory, Odessa State University, 1960-1964; director Pulkovo Observatory, Russian Academy Science, St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), since 1983.
Served to lieutenant Russian military. Member Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Astronautics, Astronomische Gesellschaft, Rotary International.
Married Vera Gavrilovna Kuntsevsky, July 9, 1953. Children: Alexis, Katherine.