nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
1737 | Severny | Named by the discoverer in honor of Prof. A. B. Severny {1913–1987}, who was the Director of the Cri |
1771 | Makover | Named in honor of the late Samuel Gdalevich Makover {1908–1970}, scientist in the I.T.A. since 1946. |
1792 | Reni | Named in honor of the town Reni (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), the birthplace of A. N. Deuts |
1793 | Zoya | Named in honor of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya {see planet (2072)}, the young heroine of the Soviet people |
1805 | Dirikis | Named in honor of Dr. M{atiss} A. Dirikis {1923–1993}, staff member of the Astronomical Observatory |
1832 | Mrkos | Named in honor of Antonin Mrkos {1918–1996}, Director of the Kleť Observatory in Czechoslovakia, wel |
1835 | Gajdariya | Named in honor of Arkadij Gajdar (1904–1941), Russian writer. (M 3825) |
1856 | Ruzena | Named in honor of Miss Ružena Petrovicova, a staff member of the Kleť Observatory, and an observer o |
1900 | Katyusha | Named in honor of Ekaterina Ivanovna Zelenko, airwoman who valorously perished at the front in Sept. |
1903 | Adzhimushkaj | Named in honor of the heroic warriors of the Soviet Army and the Crimean guerillas who fought in the |
1905 | Ambartsumian | Named in honor of Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian {1908–1996}, a world renowned scientist, the foun |
1907 | Rudneva | Named in honor of Evgeniya Maksimovna Rudneva, hero of the Soviet Union, member of Moscow branch of |
1957 | Angara | Named for a river in Siberia. (M 4190) |
1975 | Pikelner | Named in honor of Solomon Borisovich Pikelner (1921–1975), renowned astronomer, professor at the Uni |
1976 | Kaverin | Named in memory of Aleksej Aleksandrovich Kaverin (1904–1976), an instructor in astronomy at Irkutsk |
1977 | Shura | Named in honor of Aleksandr Anatolevich Kosmode-myanskij (1925–1945), hero of the Soviet Union, died |
2004 | Lexell | St. Petersburg and for a short period Euler’s {see planet (2002)} successor as professor of mathema |
2032 | Ethel | Named in honor of the English writer Ethel Lilian Voynich (1864–1960). (M 4482) |
2036 | Sheragul | Named in honor of the Siberian village where the discoverer spent his school years. The name also ho |
2092 | Sumiana | Named for the town of Sumy, in the Ukrainian S.S.R. |
2093 | Genichesk | Named for the discoverer's birthplace, a town in the Ukrainian S.S.R. |
2098 | Zyskin | Named in honor of Lev Yur'evich Zyskin, professor at the Crimean Medical Institute, head of the Pulm |
2111 | Tselina | Named on the 25th anniversary of the development of tselina (virgin soil) and long fallow lands in t |
2113 | Ehrdni | Named in memory of Ehrdni Tel'dzhievich Delikov (1922-1942), a hero from the Kalmyk S.S.R. who was k |
2127 | Tanya | Named in memory of Tanya Savicheva, a 12-year-old schoolgirl who perished during the 1941-1944 block |
2142 | Landau | Named in memory of Lev Davydovich Landau (1908-1968), founder of the study of modern theoretical phy |
2163 | Korczak | Named in memory of Janusz Korczak (1878-1942), Polish writer, teacher and doctor who perished with h |
2164 | Lyalya | Named in memory of Elena (Lyalya) Konstantinovna Ubijvovk (1918-1942), a student in astronomy at Kha |
2186 | Keldysh | Named in memory of Academician Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (1911-1978), famous Soviet scientist a |
2188 | Orlenok | Named on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the all-Union pioneer camp in the Tuapse region. A |
2190 | Coubertin | Named in memory of Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), a prominent French public figure, teacher, histo |
2216 | Kerch | Named for the hero city in the Crimea. |
2217 | Eltigen | Named for the site of the heroic landing of Soviet troops in the Crimea in November 1943. |
2232 | Altaj | Named by the discoverer for the place of residence of her mother, Elena Andreevna Vasil'eva. |
2245 | Hekatostos | The Greek ordinal number acknowledges this as the 100th minor planet to be numbered as a result of t |
2251 | Tikhov | Named in memory of Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (1875-1960), active on the staff of the Pulkovo Observ |
2259 | Sofievka | Named for a dendrological park in Uman’, in the Cherkasskaya district of the {former} Ukrainian SSR. |
2269 | Efremiana | Named in memory of Ivan Antonovich Efremov (1907–1972), renowned paleontologist and the author of hi |
2279 | Barto | Named in memory of Agniya Lvovna Barto (1906–1982), a famous Soviet poetess, who dedicated all her w |
2283 | Bunke | Named in memory of the German patriot Tamara Bunke (1937–1967). (M 7616) |
2302 | Florya | Named in memory of Nikolaj Fyodorovich Florya (1912–1941), astronomer at the Sternberg State Astrono |
2310 | Olshaniya | Named in honor of Konstantin Olshanskij and the other daring fighters who entered the occupied city |
2327 | Gershberg | Named in honor of the Soviet astronomer Roald Evgenevich Gershberg {1933– }, who has made significan |
2328 | Robeson | Named in memory of the American singer and actor Paul Robeson (1898–1976). (M 6648) |
2338 | Bokhan | Named in honor of Nadezhda Antonovna Bokhan, a staff member of the Institute for Theoretical Astrono |
2341 | Aoluta | Named on the occasion of the centennial, in 1981, of the founding of the Astronomical Observatory of |
2345 | Fucik | Named in memory of Julius Fučik (1903–1943), a Czechoslovak national hero and writer. (M 6648) |
2360 | Volgo-Don | Named on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the construction of the Volgo-Don Navigation Canal, |
2361 | Gogol | Named for the celebrated writer Nikolaj Vasil’evich Gogol’ (1809–1852). (M 7783) |
2385 | Mustel | Named in honor of Evald Rudolfovich Mustel’ {1911–1988}, chairman of the Astronomical Council of the |
2388 | Gase | Named in memory of Vera Fedorovna Gaze (1899–1954), who worked at the Pulkovo and Simeis observatori |
2389 | Dibaj | Named in memory of Ernest Apushevich Dibaj (1931–1983), an astrophysicist known for his research on |
2420 | Ciurlionis | Named in memory of M. K. Čiurlionis (1875–1911), a well-known Lithuanian painter and composer. (M 85 |
2423 | Ibarruri | Named in memory of Ruben Ibarruri (1920–1942), who died valiantly in the battle of Stalingrad. (M 66 |
2427 | Kobzar | Named in memory of the great Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Grigor’evich Shevchenko (1814–1861), w |
2431 | Skovoroda | Named in memory of Grigorij Savvich Skovoroda (1722–1794), an outstanding Ukrainian philosopher and |
2438 | Oleshko | Named in memory of Valentina Iosifovna Oleshko (1924–1943), who organized an underground resistance |
2447 | Kronstadt | Named for the town, situated on Kotlin Island in the Gulf of Finland, that played an integral part i |
2467 | Kollontai | Named in memory of Aleksandra Mikhailovna Kollontai (1872–1952), who served as Soviet ambassador to |
2468 | Repin | Named in honor of Il’ya Efimovich Repin (1844–1930), famous Russian painter. (M 13172) |
2473 | Heyerdahl | Named in honor of Thor Heyerdahl {1914–2002}, outstanding Norwegian ethnographer and archaeologist, |
2508 | Alupka | Named for a small town on the south coast of the Crimea, famous for its health resorts, also the Vor |
2519 | Annagerman | Named in memory of Anna German (1936–1982), a popular Polish variety singer. (M 11156) |
2540 | Blok | Named in honor of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880–1921), outstanding Russian poet. (M 13172) |
2551 | Decabrina | Named in memory of the revolutionary group of noblemen that led the uprising against tsarist autocra |
2561 | Margolin | Named in memory of Mikhail Vladimirovich Margolin (1906–1975), blind designer and inventor, a man of |
2564 | Kayala | Named for the river in The Song of Igor’s Campaign on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the o |
2574 | Ladoga | Named for the largest lake in Europe, situated near St. Petersburg. (M 8912) |
2576 | Yesenin | Named in memory of the lyric poet Sergej Alexan-drovich Yesenin (1895–1925). (M 7619) |
2585 | Irpedina | Named in honor of the Irkutsk {see planet (3224)} Pedagogical Institute. The name is dedicated to f |
2604 | Marshak | Named in memory of Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887–1964), famous Soviet poet, writer of classic chi |
2610 | Tuva | Named for the {former} Tuvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 7473) |
2616 | Lesya | Named for Lesya Ukrainka, the pen name of Larisa Petrovna Kosach (1871–1913), an outstanding Ukraini |
2626 | Belnika | Named in honor of Nikolaj Alekseevich Belyaev, a celestial mechanician at the Institute for Theoreti |
2646 | Abetti | Named in memory of Antonio Abetti (1846–1928) and of his son Giorgio Abetti (1882–1982), who each se |
2656 | Evenkia | Named for the Evenkian National Area of the {former} R.S.F.S.R. (M 7473) |
2670 | Chuvashia | Named for the {former} Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 7473) |
2697 | Albina | Named in honor of Albina Alekseevna Serova, Moscow astronomer, friend of the discoverer. (M 11156) |
2699 | Kalinin | Named in memory of Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (1875–1946), Soviet statesman. (M 8065) |
2701 | Cherson | Named for a town in the Ukraine, center of the Chersonian region, which borders with the Crimea. (M |
2703 | Rodari | Named in memory of Gianni Rodari (1920–1980), Italian writer of children’s books. (M 9768) |
2722 | Abalakin | Named in honor of Viktor Kuz’mich Abalakin {1930-#x007D;, leader of the ephemeris group at the Insti |
2724 | Orlov | Named in memory of Sergej Vladimirovich Orlov (1880–1958), professor at Moscow University who contri |
2727 | Paton | Named in memory of Evgenij Oskarovich Paton (1870–1953), Soviet scientist known for bridge building |
2728 | Yatskiv | Named in honor of Yaroslav Stepanovich Yatskiv {1940– }, Soviet astrometrist and geodynamicist, dire |
2740 | Tsoj | Named in memory of Victor Robertovich Tsoj (1962–1990), poet, composer and soloist of the rock-group |
2746 | Hissao | Named for the Hissar (Gissar) Astronomical Observatory, part of the Institute of Astrophysics of the |
2754 | Efimov | Named in memory of the aviator Mikhail Nikiforovich Efimov (1881–1919), who was the first to realize |
2768 | Gorky | Named for Maxim Gorky, pen name of Aleksei Makhsimovich Peshkov (1868–1936), outstanding Russian wri |
2770 | Tsvet | Named in memory of Mikhail Semenovich Tsvet (1872–1919), physiologist and plant biochemist, the foun |
2785 | Sedov | Named in memory of Georgij Yakovlevich Sedov (1877–1914), celebrated Russian Arctic explorer who per |
2786 | Grinevia | Named in memory of the Soviet writer-romanticist Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevskij (1880–1932). (M 85 |
2787 | Tovarishch | Named for the Soviet training ship that has participated in many international sailing regattas and |
2793 | Valdaj | Named for the Valdaj Hills, near Moscow, well known in Russian history. The discoverer als dedicates |
2794 | Kulik | Named in memory of Leonid Alekseevich Kulik (1883–1942), Soviet mineralogist, researcher of meteorit |
2836 | Sobolev | Named in honor of Academician Viktor Viktorovich Sobolev {1915–1998}, professor at Leningrad Univers |
2859 | Paganini | Named for the great Italian violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini (1782–1840). (M 11157) |
2867 | Steins | Named in memory of Karlis Augustovich šteins (1911–1983), director of the Latvian University’s Astro |
2869 | Nepryadva | Named to commemorate the Russian victory over the Tatar-Mongolians in the battle at Kulikovo near th |
2890 | Vilyujsk | Named for the central town of the Vilyujsk district of the {former} Yakut Autonomous SSR on the occa |
2894 | Kakhovka | Named for a town of the {former} Chersonian district of the Ukrainian SSR. (M 8913) |
2915 | Moskvina | Named in honor of Valentina Nikolaevna Moskvina, a doctor at the Bakchisaraj regional hospital in th |
2922 | Dikan'ka | Named for the Ukrainian village mentioned in Gogol’s {see planet (2361)} novel Evenings at the farm |
2951 | Perepadin | Named in honor of Aleksandr Ivanovich Perepadin, friend of the discoverer, learned agronomist, good |
2966 | Korsunia | Named for the ancient Crimean town of Chersonesus, known in medieval Russia as Korsun’. (M 12969) |
2983 | Poltava | Named for the city in the {former} Ukrainian S.S.R. (M 11158) |
2995 | Taratuta | Named in honor of Evgeniya Aleksandrovna Taratuta, Soviet writer and literary scholar. (M 11158) |
3006 | Livadia | Named for a suburb of the Crimean city of Yalta {see planet (1475)}. (M 9769) |
3038 | Bernes | Named in memory of Mark Naumovich Bernes (1911–1969), popular Soviet film actor and singer. (M 12970 |
3039 | Yangel | Named in memory of Mikhail Kuz’mich Yangel’ (1911–1971), Soviet designer of space-rocket systems. (M |
3049 | Kuzbass | Named for the Kuznetskij coal basin, one of the richest coal deposits in the U.S.S.R. and the world. |
3052 | Herzen | Named in memory of Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen (1812–1870), revolutionary, writer and philosopher, fo |
3068 | Khanina | Named in honor of Frida Borisovna Khanina, specialist on orbit computations, a staff member of the I |
3074 | Popov | Named in memory of Aleksandr Stepanovich Popov (1859–1906), the inventor of radio in Russia. (M 1317 |
3082 | Dzhalil | Named in memory of Musa Mustafovich Dzhalil’ (1906–1944), outstanding Tatar Soviet poet, author of l |
3108 | Lyubov | Named in memory of Lyubov Petrovna Orlova (1902–1975), outstanding Soviet actress. (M 13174) |
3112 | Velimir | Named for Velimir (Viktor Vladimirovich) Khlebnikov (1885–1922), Russian poet known for his experime |
3120 | Dangrania | Named in honor of Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin, Soviet writer whose work is mainly about scientists |
3127 | Bagration | Named in memory of Petr Ivanovich Bagration (1765–1812), Russian general, hero of the war of 1812. ( |
3146 | Dato | Named in memory of Dato Kratsashvili (1963–1980), gifted Georgian painter. (M 13174) |
3148 | Grechko | Named in honor of Georgij Mikhajlovich Grechko, Soviet cosmonaut and scientist who made three space |
3158 | Anga | Named for a Siberian village, birthplace of the Russian ethnographers Ivan Evseevich Venyaminov (179 |
3189 | Penza | Named for a Russian city, the center of the region where Lermontov, Belinskij, Davydov, Kuprin {see |
3191 | Svanetia | Named for Svanetia, a historical region in Georgia near the Caucasus Mountains. (M 12971) |
3196 | Maklaj | Named in honor of Nikolaj Nikolaevich MiklukhoMaklaj (1846–1888), a prominent Russian anthropologist |
3215 | Lapko | Named in honor of Konstantin Kuz’mich Lapko, assistant professor at the Crimean medical institute, a |
3231 | Mila | Named in memory of the Soviet ice dancer Ludmila Alekseevna Pakhomova (1946–1986). (M 13175) |
3233 | Krisbarons | Named for Krišjanis Barons (1835–1923), prominent Latvian folklorist, writer and public figure. He c |
3234 | Hergiani | Named in memory of Mikhail Vissarionovich Hergiani (1932–1969), outstanding Soviet mountaineer. (M 1 |
3238 | Timresovia | Named in honor of Nikolaj Vladimirovich Timofeev-Resovskij (1900–1981), famous Soviet biologist, one |
3260 | Vizbor | Named in memory of Yurij Iosifovich Vizbor (1934–1984), well-known journalist, poet, actor, producer |
3273 | Drukar | Named for Ivan Fedorov (ca. 1510–1583), the first printer of books in Russia and the Ukraine. In old |
3283 | Skorina | Named in honor of Francis Skorina, who lived from before 1490 to not later than 1551, and who pionee |
3286 | Anatoliya | Named in memory of Anatolij Vasilevich Karachkin (1947–1984), brother of the discoverer’s husband, a |
3298 | Massandra | Named for a suburb of Yalta {see planet (1475)}, a beautiful site noted for its production of the f |
3302 | Schliemann | Named in memory of Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890), famous German archaeologist, who undertook, at h |
3306 | Byron | Named for the great English poet Lord George Noel Gordon Byron (1788–1824). (M 12972) |
3311 | Podobed | Named in honor of Vladimir Vladimirovich Podobed {1918–1992}, professor at the Sternberg Astronomica |
3321 | Dasha | Named in honor of Dar’ya Lavrent’evna Mikhailova, the first Russian army sister of charity during th |
3322 | Lidiya | Named in honor of Lidiya Vissarionovna Zvereva (1890–1916), the first Russian female pilot. She bega |
3347 | Konstantin | Named in memory of Konstantin Alekseevich Kalinin (1889–1938), a remarkable flier and talented aircr |
3359 | Purcari | Named for the producer of the best Moldavian wines. (M 18136) |
3372 | Bratijchuk | Named in honor of Matrena Vasil’evna Bratijchuk, professor of astronomy and founder and head of the |
3373 | Koktebelia | Named for the Crimean settlement of Koktebel’, home and workplace of the brilliant Russian poet, pai |
3384 | Daliya | Named for Vladimir Ivanovich Dal’ (1801–1872), outstanding lexicologist, ethnographer and writer, co |
3385 | Bronnina | Named in honor of Nina Mikhailovna Bronnikova, astronomer at the Pulkovo Observatory. One of the mai |
3399 | Kobzon | Named in honor of Iosif Davidovich Kobzon, well-known singer in the former Soviet Union. (M 22829) |
3437 | Kapitsa | Named in memory of the celebrated physicist Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (1894–1984), recipient of the |
3441 | Pochaina | Named for the small river in the old town of Kiev. According to some historians, the inhabitants of |
3442 | Yashin | Named in memory of Lev Ivanpvich Yashin (1929–1990), football goalkeeper and trainer. (M 20835) |
3444 | Stepanian | Named in honor of husband-and-wife staff members at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory for more t |
3466 | Ritina | Named in honor of discoverer’s daughter Margarita, an astronomer at the Crimean Astrophysical Observ |
3470 | Yaronika | Named in honor of the discoverer’s son Yaroslav, who works in electronics at the Crimean Astrophysic |
3471 | Amelin | Named in memory of Valentin Mikhajlovich Amelin (1930–1989), an authority on geodesy who lectured on |
3482 | Lesnaya | Named in honor of the village in the Mogilev district (Belorussia) near which the Russian army under |
3501 | Olegiya | Named in honor of Oleg Nikolaevich Korottsev (1922– ), a member of the Astronomical-Geodetical Socie |
3516 | Rusheva | Named in memory of Nadya Rusheva (1952–1969), a talented painter who died in her youth. (M 12017) |
3518 | Florena | Named in memory of Pavel Aleksandrovich Florenskij (1882–1943), well-known Russian religious philoso |
3523 | Arina | Named for Arina Rodionova Yakovleva (1758–1828), the nurse of A. S. Pushkin {see planet (2208)}. (M |
3566 | Levitan | Named in memory of Isaac Il’ich Levitan (1860–1900), a famous Russian landscape painter. (M 24120) |
3575 | Anyuta | Named in honor of the outstanding sportswoman and pioneer Soviet parachutist Anna Aleksandrovna Shis |
3576 | Galina | Named in honor of Galina Bogdanova Pyasetskaya, who with Anna Shishmareva {see planet (3575)} accom |
3599 | Basov | Named in honor of the contemporary physicist Nikolaj Gennadievich Basov {1922– }, Nobel Prize Laurea |
3608 | Kataev | Named in memory of the writer Valentin Petrovich Kataev (1897–1986). (M 13608) |
3618 | Kuprin | Named in honor of Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870–1938), famous Russian writer. (M 20836) |
3622 | Ilinsky | Named in memory of the actor Igor’ Vladimirovich Il’insky (1901–1987). (M 13176) |
3632 | Grachevka | Named for a village in the Tambov (now Lipetsk) region in Russia, the birthplace of the discoverer’s |
3660 | Lazarev | Named in honor of the Russian admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev (1797–1851), a participant in the fi |
3668 | Ilfpetrov | Named for Il’ya Arnol’dovich Feinsilberg (1897–1937) and Eugeny Petrovich Kataev (1903–1942), the au |
3669 | Vertinskij | Named in memory of Aleksandr Nikolaevich Vertinskij (1889–1957), variety actor, composer and poet, f |
3675 | Kemstach | Named in memory of Marfa Vladimirovna Kemstach (1888–1971) and Semen Stepanovich Kemstach (1880–1938 |
3724 | Annenskij | Named for Innokentij Fedorovich Annenskij (1855–1909), well-known Russian poet and writer. (M 22246; |
3739 | Rem | Named in memory of Rem Viktorovich Khokhlov (1926–1977), Soviet physicist and one of the founders of |
3762 | Amaravella | Named for a group of Russian painters, known for the cosmic themes of their work. (M 20836) |
3770 | Nizami | Named in memory of the distinguished Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami Ghiandjevi Abu Mukhammed Il |
3772 | Piaf | Named in memory of the great French singer Edith Piaf (1915–1963). (M 17028) |
3804 | Drunina | Named in honor of the Soviet poetess Yuliya Vladimirovna Drunina. (M 18454) |
3813 | Fortov | Named in honor of Russian academician Vladimir Evgen’evich Fortov (1946– ), well-known for his work |
3818 | Gorlitsa | Named in honor of Mariya Avksent’evna Rudenko, village schoolmistress in the Ukrainian region of Mog |
3836 | Lem | Named in honor of Stanislaw Lem (1921– ), famous Polish writer and founder of the Polish Astronautic |
3856 | Lutskij | Named in honor of Valerij Konstantinovich Lutskij, Moscow astronomer and scientific commentator on a |
3862 | Agekian | Named in honor of Tateos Artemjevich Agekian, professor at the St. Petersburg University. Agekian is |
3884 | Alferov | Named in honor of the outstanding physicist and academician Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (1930– ), direc |
3890 | Bunin | Named in memory of an outstanding Russian writer and 1933 Nobel laureate Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (187 |
3940 | Larion | Named for Larisa Ivanovna Golubkina, dramatic actress, brilliant performer of romances. (M 22500) |
3946 | Shor | Named in honor of Viktor Abramovich Shor {1929–}, member of the staff of the Institute for Theoretic |
3967 | Shekhtelia | Named in memory of Fyodor Osipovich Shekhtel’ (1859–1926), a famous Russian architect and a bright r |
3969 | Rossi | Named in memory of the outstanding architect Karl Ivanovich Rossi (1775–1849), designer of splendid |
3982 | Kastel' | Named in honor of Galina Richardovna Kastel’, well-known expert on the study of the motions of minor |
4006 | Sandler | Named in memory of Grigorij Moiseevich Sandler (1912–1994), an outstanding Russian musician who made |
4013 | Ogiria | Named in memory of Maiya Borisovna Ogir’ (1933–1991), solar physicist and staff member of the Crimea |
4017 | Disneya | Named in memory of Walt Disney (1901–1966), the outstanding American movie producer and master of an |
4022 | Nonna | Named in honor of Nonna (Noyabrina) Viktorovna Mordyukova, a popular Soviet cinema actress. (M 18645 |
4032 | Chaplygin | Named in memory of Sergej Alexeevich Chaplygin (1869–1942), a notable expert in theoretical mechanic |
4067 | Mikhel'son | Named in honor of Nikolaj Nikolaevich Mikhel’son (1918– ), outstanding Soviet scientist known for hi |
4109 | Anokhin | Named in memory of Sergej Nikolaevich Anokhin (1910-1986), test pilot and sportsman. During one of |
4118 | Sveta | Named for Svetlana Evgen’evna Savitskaya (1948– ), 1970 world aerobatics champion, the second woman |
4136 | Artmane | Named in honor of Vija Artmane, famous Latvian actress who appeared in more than 60 movies. Rodn |
4139 | Ul'yanin | Named in memory of Sergej Alekseevich Ul'yanin (1871-1921), Russian pilot and talented inventor, who |
4167 | Riemann | Named in memory of Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866), German mathematical genius. (M 2412 |
4174 | Pikulia | Named in memory of the famous Soviet writer Valentin Savvich Pikul’ (1928–1990), author of many nove |
4189 | Sayany | Named for the mountain chain in the southern part of Siberia {see planet (1094)}. (M 23351) |
4195 | Esambaev | Named in honor of Makhmud Alisultanovich Esambaev (1924– ), well-known Soviet ballet dancer, an outs |
4236 | Lidov | Named in honor of Mikhail L’vovich Lidov {1926–1993}, celestial mechanician at the Keldysh Institute |
4267 | Basner | Named in memory of Veniamin Efimovich Basner (1925–1996), outstanding Russian composer, author of op |
4308 | Magarach | Named for the Research Institute of wine-making and viticulture at Magarach, near Yalta {see planet |
4311 | Zguridi | Named in memory of Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Zguridi (1904–1998), producer of popular scientific films |
4315 | Pronik | Named in honor of Vladimir Ivanovich Pronik (1932– ) and Iraida Ivanovna Pronik, husband and wife, a |
4363 | Sergej | Named in honor of Sergej Vasil&rsevich Ezhov (1953– ), since 1978 a talented surgeon in the district |
4366 | Venikagan | Named in memory of the outstanding Soviet mathematician Veniamin Fyodorovich Kagan (1869–1953). (M 2 |
4389 | Durbin | Named in honor of Deanna Durbin (1921– ), talented Canadian-born American cinema actress, who played |
4391 | Balodis | Named in honor of Janis Balodis, chief of the cosmic geodesy department at the Astronomical Observat |
4392 | Agita | Named in honor of Agita Tarasova, a scientific worker at the Astronomical Observatory of the Latvian |
4426 | Roerich | Named in honor of the family of outstanding Russian figures of culture whose lives were closely conn |
4428 | Khotinok | Named in honor of Roman L’vovich Khotinok, meteorite researcher in the Meteorite Committee of the Ru |
4465 | Rodita | Named in memory of the Soviet art critic Tat'yana Mikhajlovna Rodina (1914-1989). She was the autho |
4472 | Navashin | Named in honor of Mikhail Sergeevich Navashin (1896–1973), prominent Soviet cytologist, who was one |
4483 | Petofi | Named in memory of Shandor Petöfi (1823–1849), outstanding Hungarian poet and public figure. (M 2224 |
4513 | Louvre | Named in honor of the stately architectural ensemble in Paris, the former residence of French kings, |
4514 | Vilen | Named in honor of Vilen Valentinovich Nesterov (1935– ), head of the Astrometry Department of the St |
4537 | Valgrirasp | Named in honor of the Soviet writer Valentin Grigorjevich Rasputin. (M 22502) |
4592 | Alkissia | Named in honor of Aleksej Alekseevich Kisselev (1927– ), astronomer at the Pulkovo Astronomical Obse |
4654 | Gor'kavyj | Named in honor of Nikolaj Nikolaevich Gor’kavyj (1959– ), staff member of the Crimean Astrophysical |
4655 | Marjoriika | Named in honor of Marjo Riika Kuusela (1964– ), specialist in Russian literature, whose perfect know |
4657 | Lopez | Named in honor of Alvaro Lopez Garcia (1941– ), professor of astronomy at Valencia University, direc |
4682 | Bykov | Named in memory of Leonid Fyodorovich Bykov (1928–1979), talented Ukrainian cinematic actor and prod |
4683 | Veratar | Named in honor of Vera Petrovna Tarashchuk, an astrophysicist at the Astronomical Observatory of Kie |
4686 | Maisica | Named in honor of Maria Luisa Grima Garcia, a charming Spanish woman who is the soul of her family, |
4737 | Kiladze | Named in honor of Rolan Il’ich Kiladze (1931– ), astronomer at the Abastumani Observatory. His resea |
4740 | Veniamina | Named in memory of Veniamin Vasil’evich Somov (1945–1991), the discoverer’s brother. (M 22503) |
4778 | Fuss | Named in honor of the mathematicians Nikolaj Ivanovich Fuss (1755–1825) and his son Pavel Nikolaevic |
4780 | Polina | Named in honor of Polina Evgen’evna Zakharova, stellar astronomer and director of the Kourovka Astro |
4786 | Tatianina | Named in honor of Tatiana Aleksandrovna Somova, friend of the discoverer, nursery-school teacher in |
4813 | Terebizh | Named in honor of Valerij Yuzefovich Terebizh (1941– ), theoretical astrophysicist and observer at t |
4814 | Casacci | Named in honor of Claudio Casacci (1958– ), an Italian amateur astronomer who has been deeply involv |
4870 | Shcherban' | Named in honor of Vladimir Onufrievich Shcherban’ (1938– ), who was director of an oil-extraction pl |
4879 | Zykina | Named in honor of Lyudmila Georgievna Zykina, a Russian singer who enjoys widespread popularity. She |
4882 | Divari | Named in memory of Nikolaj Borisovich Divari (1921–1993), professor at the Odessa Polytechnical Inst |
4883 | Korolirina | Named in honor of Irina Leonidovna Korol’, a friend of the discoverer and teacher of philology in St |
4884 | Bragaria | Named in honor of Luka Fedorovich Bragar' (b. 1938), a senior lecturer on the staff of Tiraspol Peda |
4917 | Yurilvovia | Named in memory of Yurij Alekseevich L’vov (1932–1994), deputy director of the Institute of Biology |
4928 | Vermeer | Named in memory of the famous Dutch painter Vermeer van Delft (1632–1675). (M 22504) |
4964 | Kourovka | Named for the astronomical observatory of the Ural State University, situated near the village of Ko |
4982 | Bartini | Named in memory of Robert Lyudvigovich Bartini (1897–1974), Italian baron by birth who lived and wor |
4992 | Kalman | Named in memory of the Hungarian composer Imre Kálmán (1882–1953). (M 24765) |
4997 | Ksana | Named in honor of Kseniya Andreevna Nessler, chemist by profession and fighter against environmental |
5015 | Litke | Named for Fedor Petrovich Litke (1797-1882), Russian navigator and geographer, investigator of the A |
5016 | Migirenko | Named in honor of Georgij Sergeevich Migirenko (1916– ), academician and professor at the Siberian D |
5021 | Krylania | Named in honor of Anna Alexeevna Kapitsa (1903– ), the daughter of Alexei Nikolaevich Krylov. She wa |
5044 | Shestaka | Named in memory of Ivan Sofronovich Shestaka (1937–1994), senior scientist and head of the Comet and |
5083 | Irinara | Named in honor of Irina Evgen’evna Raksha, well-known writer in Moscow and a friend of the discovere |
5084 | Gnedin | Named in honor of Yurij Nikolaevich Gnedin (1935– ), well-known Russian astrophysicist, deputy direc |
5085 | Hippocrene | Named for the ancient Greek mythological spring of inspiration. The name is given in connection with |
5086 | Demin | Named in memory of Vladimir Grigor’evich Demin (1929–1996), well-known expert on celestial mechanics |
5093 | Svirelia | Named for Elsa Gustavovna Sviridova, the wife of Georgij Vasil’evich Sviridov {see planet (4075)}. |
5096 | Luzin | Named in memory of the mathematician Nikolaj Nikolaevich Luzin (1883–1950), professor at Moscow Univ |
5156 | Golant | Named in honor of academician Victor Evgen'evich Golant (b. 1928), director of the department of pla |
5218 | Kutsak | Mariya Romanovna Kutsak (1928-1997) was a schoolteacher of physics and astronomy in the city of Omsk |
5219 | Zemka | Named in honor of Aleksandr Grigorjevich Zemka (b. 1947), friend of the discoverer, electrotechnics |
5220 | Vika | Named in honor of Victoriya Semenovna Vinogradova (1928– ), doctor at the Crimean Astrophysical Obse |
5222 | Ioffe | Named in memory of Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1880–1960), one of the originators of the Soviet physics |
5300 | Sats | Named in memory of Nataliya Il’inichna Sats (1903–1993). An outstanding figure in Soviet theatre cul |
5303 | Parijskij | Named in honor of Yurij Nikolaevich Parijskij (1932– ), radio astronomer and cosmologist. He was pri |
5314 | Wilkickia | Named in memory of Andrej Ippolitovich Wilkitzky (Wilkicki; 1858–1913) and his son Boris Andreevich |
5315 | Bal'mont | Named in memory of Konstantin Dmitrievich Bal’mont (1867–1942), a Russian poet who lived in exile af |
5385 | Kamenka | Kamenka, a small town in the Cherkassian region of Ukraine, is connected with many great persons of |
5411 | Liia | Named in honor of Liia Forrer-Tsiganovskaja, wife of a friend of the discoverer, on the occasion of |
5412 | Rou | Named in memory of Aleksandr Arturovich Rou (1906–1973), an actor and film producer specializing in |
5415 | Lyanzuridi | Named in honor of Konstantin Petrovich Lyanzuridi (b. 1934), engineer in vacuum technology and optic |
5419 | Benua | Named in memory of the Russian architect Nikolaj Leont’evich Benua (Benois; 1813–1898), as well as o |
5422 | Hodgkin | Named for the famous English chemist and biochemist Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, 1964 Nobel prize-winne |
5456 | Merman | Named in honor of Grigorij (Hirsh) Aronovich Merman (1921– ), staff member of the Institute of Theor |
5458 | Aizman | Named in honor of Mikhael Iosifovich Aizman (1947– ), telecommunications specialist and president of |
5543 | Sharaf | Named in honor of Shafika Gil’mievna Sharaf (1915– ), well known expert on celestial mechanics and s |
5570 | Kirsan | Named in honor of Kirsan Nikolaevich Ilyumzhinov (1962– ), chess grandmaster and president of the In |
5717 | Damir | Named in memory of Alim Matveevich Damir (1894–1982), well-known physician, professor at the First a |
5794 | Irmina | Named in memory of Irma Mikhailovna Golodyaev-skaya (1931–1956), a student of the Moscow Conservator |
5795 | Roshchina | Named in memory of Elena Olegovna Roshchina (1966–1994), a journalist and cinema critic from the Iva |
5807 | Mshatka | Named for the country estate of Nikolaj Yakovlevich Danilevskij (1822–1885), thinker, philosopher, s |
5808 | Babel' | Named in honor of the outstanding Russian writer and dramatist Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel’ (1894–1940 |
5857 | Neglinka | Named for a small river that flows into the Moskva river. On Borovitskij {see planet (5858)} hill, |
5859 | Ostozhenka | Named for one of the oldest streets in the center of Moscow. Ostozhenka, derived from the Russian wo |
5887 | Yauza | Named for one of Moscow’s little rivers. Between the place where it flows into Moscow river and the |
5902 | Talima | Named for Tatiana Alimovna Damir (1923– ), friend of the discoverer, daughter of Alim Matveevich Dam |
5944 | Utesov | Named in memory of Leonid Osipovich Utesov (1895–1982), famous Russian singer, musician, actor, foun |
5989 | Sorin | Named in memory of Sergej Ivanovich Sorin (1916–1995), astronomer and teacher who participated in th |
6032 | Nobel | Named in memory of Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896), Swedish inventor of dynamite. He was founder o |
6108 | Glebov | Named in honor of academician Igor' Alekseevich Glebov (b. 1914), outstanding scientist in the field |
6110 | Kazak | Yurij Ivanovich Kazak (b. 1949), surgeon at Bakhchisaraj district hospital, treated many staff membe |
6113 | Tsap | Teodor Teodorovich Tsap (b. 1930) and his son Yurij Teodorovich Tsap (b. 1966) are astronomers at th |
6121 | Plachinda | At the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Sergej Ivanovich Plachinda (b. 1951) has contributed to in |
6219 | Demalia | Named in memory of Aleksandra Alekseevna Demenko (1930–1983), Ukrainian astronomer, staff member of |
6262 | Javid | Named in memory of Hussein Javid (1882–1941), Azerbaijani poet, playwright and historian, author of |
6278 | Ametkhan | The Crimea's famous inhabitant Sultan Amet-khan (1920-1971) was an honored test pilot of the former |
6356 | Tairov | Named in honor of Vasilij Egorovich Tairov (1859–1938), Russian viticulturist and oenologist, author |
6357 | Glushko | Named in memory of Valentin Petrovich Glushko (1908–1989), Soviet pioneer in liquid-fuel rocket-engi |
6358 | Chertok | Named in honor of Boris Evseevich Chertok (1912– ), an authority on automation and control systems f |
6359 | Dubinin | Named in honor of Yurij Vladimirovich Dubinin (b. 1930), Russian diplomat, scientist, author and tra |
6467 | Prilepina | Named in honor of Svetlana Semenovna Prilepina, a graduate of the Astronomical Department at the Ura |
6574 | Gvishiani | Named in honor of Jermen Mikhailovich Gvishiani (b. 1928), known for his many works in philosophy, s |
6591 | Sabinin | Dmitry Anatolievich Sabinin (1889-1951), a professor at Moscow State University, was an outstanding |
6619 | Kolya | Nikolaj Stepanovich Chernykh (1931-2004) was chief, beginning in 1965, of the CrAO-ITA group of obse |
6621 | Timchuk | Named in honor of neuropathologist Evdokiya Ivanovna Timchuk (b. 1937), a physician at a hospital ne |
6679 | Gurzhij | Andrej Nikolaevich Gurzhij (b. 1946) is a well-known Ukrainian specialist on the technique of inform |
6682 | Makarij | Named in memory of Metropolitan Makarij (1482–1563), who had great influence on education, the churc |
6685 | Boitsov | Named in memory of Vasilij Vasil'evich Boitsov (Bojtsov, 1908-1997), specialist on the technology of |
6719 | Gallaj | Named in honor of Mark Lazarevich Gallaj (1914– ), a distinguished Soviet test pilot who tested 125 |
6763 | Kochiny | Named for Nikolaj Evgrafovich Kochin (1901–1944) and his wife Pelageya Yakovlevna Kochina (1899– ), |
6766 | Kharms | Named in honor of the outstanding Russian poet, writer and dramatist Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachev (1905 |
6767 | Shirvindt | Named in honor of the remarkable actor, People’s Artist of Russia and professor at the Shchukin Thea |
6844 | Shpak | Named in honor of Vladimir Stepanovich Shpak (b. 1909), distinguished technical organic chemist and |
6890 | Savinykh | Victor Petrovich Savinykh (b. 1940), a first-class pilot-cosmonaut, was on board the Salyut 6, Salyu |
6955 | Ekaterina | Named in honor of the empress Ekaterina Vtoraya (Catherine II; Catherine the Great; 1729–1796), whos |
7002 | Bronshten | Vitalij Aleksandrovich Bronshten (b. 1918) is a Moscow astronomer and specialist in physics and cosm |
7073 | Rudbelia | Ol'ga Ivanovna Belyaeva (née Rudneva) is a teacher of English at the Moscow College and Institute of |
7074 | Muckea | Hermann Mucke (b. 1935), director of the Urania Sternwarte and planetarium in Vienna, is well known |
7216 | Ishkov | Vitalij Nikitich Ishkov, astrophysicist at the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Ra |
7222 | Alikperov | Vagit Yusupovich Alikperov (b. 1950) is known for his development of economical foundations and orga |
7224 | Vesnina | Named in memory of the brothers Leonid Alek-sandrovich Vesnin (1880–1933), Viktor Aleksandrovich Ves |
7318 | Dyukov | Vitalij Petrovich Dyukov (b. 1945), a professor at the Siberian State Geodesy Academy in Novosibirsk |
7319 | Katterfeld | Named in honor of Gennadij Nikolaevich Katterfeld (1927– ), geologist and planetologist in St. Peter |
7320 | Potter | Pulkovo astronomer Kheino Potter (b. 1929) is known for his work on the determination of astronomica |
7322 | Lavrentina | Soviet mathematician Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrent'ev (1900-1980) was the first head of the Siberian D |
7323 | Robersomma | Roberto Somma (b. 1944), an Italian space engineer at Alenia Spazio, has promoted ideas and organize |
7373 | Stashis | Vladimir Vladimirovich Stashis (b. 1925) is a Ukrainian scholar of jurisprudence, vice-rector of the |
7555 | Venvolkov | Veniamin Vasil'evich Volkov (b. 1921), world-renowned ophthalmologist, made significant contribution |
7629 | Foros | Named for the health resort on the south coast of the Crimea. (M 34626) |
7632 | Stanislav | Named in memory of the Ukrainian writer, poet, literary scholar and public figure Stanislav Volodymy |
7633 | Volodymyr | Named in honor of the vice president of the Ukrainian Astronomical Association and director of the K |
7869 | Pradun | Valentin Panteleevich Pradun (b. 1956) is a Ukrainian economist and professor at Tavrichesky Nationa |
7910 | Aleksola | Aleksandr Anatolievich Solov'ev is a theoretical astrophysicist and solar physicist and a professor |
7912 | Lapovok | Yakov Semenovich Lapovok (b. 1932) is a radio engineer and inventor, scientific secretary of the A. |
7976 | Pinigin | Gennadij Ivanovich Pinigin (b. 1943) is the director of the Nikolaev Astronomical Observatory. A pro |
8064 | Lisitsa | Physicist Mikhail Pavlovich Lisitsa (b. 1921) is a professor at Kiev University and department head |
8065 | Nakhodkin | Nikolaj Grigorievich Nakhodkin (b. 1925), a faculty head at Kiev University, works in the areas of p |
8134 | Minin | Kuz'ma Minich Zakhar'ev Sukhorukij (Kuz'ma Minin, d. 1616) was one of the organizers of the second p |
8145 | Valujki | The small Russian town of Valujki, founded in 1593 as a southern fortress of the Moscow State, is th |
8150 | Kaluga | Kaluga, a town in the Russian Federation and the focus of the Kalugian region, is a prominent indust |
8151 | Andranada | Andrej Vladimirovich Shakhov (b. 1954) works in the faculty of diseases of the ear, nose and throat |
8248 | Gurzuf | Gurzuf is small town near Yalta at the south coast of the Crimea, praised by A. S. Pushkin, who visi |
8321 | Akim | Efraim Lazarevich Akim (b. 1929), deputy director at the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, i |
8446 | Tazieff | Garun Tazieff (Taziev; 1914-1998), Polish-born Belgian geologist, volcanologist and writer, was the |
8451 | Gaidai | Leonid Iovich Gaidai (1923-1993) was a prominent Soviet film producer and Peoples' Artist of the U.S |
8471 | Obrant | The ballet-master, producer and teacher-humanist Arkadij Efimovich Obrant (1906-1974) organized and |
8498 | Ufa | The city of Ufa is a large industrial and cultural center in the south Urals. Founded in 1574, it i |
8608 | Chelomey | Vladimir Nikolaevich Chelomey (1914-1984), an outstanding designer of space technology, created spac |
8612 | Burov | Andrej Konstantinovich Burov (1900-1957) was a Russian architect and inventor who developed projects |
8635 | Yuriosipov | Yurij Aleksandrovich Osipov (b. 1965) is a physician at the Bakhchisaraj regional hospital in the Cr |
8781 | Yurka | Yuri Sergeevich Efimov (b. 1935) is an astrophysicist who has worked at the Crimean Astrophysical Ob |
8782 | Bakhrakh | Lev Davidovich Bakhrakh (b. 1921), a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is the |
8785 | Boltwood | Paul Boltwood (b. 1943) is a Canadian specialist in computer systems and outstanding amateur astrono |
8805 | Petrpetrov | Petr Petrovich Petrov (b. 1945), a leading scientist at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, is wi |
8816 | Gamow | Named in memory of the scientist George (Georgij Antonovich) Gamow (1904-1968). His main scientific |
8822 | Shuryanka | Named in honor of Aleksandra Semenova Morozova (1917– ), mother of the discoverer. Shuryanka is a pe |
8982 | Oreshek | Oreshek is an ancient Russian fortress built in 1323. From 1612 to 1702 it was in the possession of |
8985 | Tula | Tula is a city in Russian Federation, the administrative focus of the region and prominent industria |
9034 | Oleyuria | Husband and wife piano duettists, Yurij Viktorovich Shcherbakov (b. 1957) and Ol'ga Konstantinovna S |
9156 | Malanin | Named in honor of Ivan Ivanovich Malanin (1897–1969), talented Russian accordionist, well known for |
9158 | Platè | Nikolaj Alfredovich Platè (b. 1934), chief scientific secretary of the Russian Academy of Sciences a |
9297 | Marchuk | Gurij Ivanovich Marchuk (b. 1925), director of the Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian |
9514 | Deineka | Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deineka (1899-1969) was a Russian painter known for his monumental works an |
9516 | Inasan | The Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, abbreviated as INASAN from its Russi |
9549 | Akplatonov | Aleksandr Konstantinovich Platonov (b. 1931), a researcher in astrodynamics and robotics at the Keld |
9567 | Surgut | Founded in 1593, Surgut is one of the main administrative and supply centers for the vast oil and na |
9838 | Falz-Fein | Baron Eduard Aleksandrovich von Falz-Fein (b. 1912) is an outstanding collector of works of art and |
9848 | Yugra | Yugra is the historical name, used in Russia in medieval times, of the vast area to the east of the |
9915 | Potanin | Grigorij Nikolaevich Potanin (1835-1920) was a Russian geographer, ethnographer and publicist, an ex |
10001 | Palermo | Palermo is the capital of Sicily. It was at the Palermo Observatory, on the evening of 1801 Jan. 1, |
10005 | Chernega | Nikolaj Akimovich Chernega (b. 1923) is a specialist in astrometry and the compilation of catalogues |
10010 | Rudruna | RUDruNa, or Rossijskij Universitet Druzhby Narodov, is the Russian University of Friendship of Natio |
10011 | Avidzba | Anatolij Mkanovich Avidzba (b. 1951), orchardist and viticulturist, is a member of the International |
10014 | Shaim | Shaim is a town in the Tyumen province of the Russian Federation. In its environs the first oil fiel |
10016 | Yugan | Yugan is the shortened name of Nefteyugansk, a town in western Siberia that is the center of the dri |
10054 | Solomin | Yurij Mefodievich Solomin (b. 1935), People's artist of the U.S.S.R, is a Russian actor who is espec |
10269 | Tusi | Nasir ad-Din at-Tusi Abu Djafar Mukhammed ibn Mukhammed (1201-1274) was an outstanding Azerbaijanian |
10286 | Shnollia | Simon Elievich Shnoll (b. 1930) is a biophysicist and biochemist at Moscow University and at the Ins |
10287 | Smale | American mathematician Stephen Smale (b. 1930) is a member of National Academy of Sciences. He conc |
10456 | Anechka | Daughter of a friend of the discoverer in the town of Cherkassy, Anya (Anechka) Ivanchenko (1987-199 |
10481 | Esipov | Valentin Feodorovich Esipov (b. 1933) is head of the radioastronomy department at the Sternberg Astr |
10504 | Doga | Russian composer Eugenij Dmitrievich Doga (b. 1937) has written music for many popular movies. |
10681 | Khture | The Kharkiv Technical University of Radioelectronics, founded in 1930, is a recognized school of spe |
10684 | Babkina | Nadezhda Georgievna Babkina (b. 1950) is a People's artist of Russia and the artistic director of th |
10718 | Samus' | Nikolaj Nikolaevich Samus' (b. 1949) is a scientist in stellar astrophysics at the Institute of Astr |
11011 | KIAM | KIAM is the English abbreviation for the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Aca |
11253 | Mesyats | Russian physicist Gennadij Andreevich Mesyats (b. 1936) is known for his work on the physics of elec |
11257 | Rodionta | Tatiana Vladimirovna Rodionova (b. 1964) is an engineer in Orenburg, wife of Igor' Victorovich Rodio |
11269 | Knyr | Engineer Igor' Ivanovich Knyr (b. 1963) is a specialist on the introduction of new techniques in ind |
11446 | Betankur | Avgustin Avgustinovich Betankur (1758-1824) was a civil engineer who built a gun foundry in Kazan, m |
11785 | Migaic | Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (formerly Moscow Institute of Geodesy, Air-Photog |
11787 | Baumanka | Bauman Moscow Technical University, founded in 1830, is a well-known higher education and research i |
11788 | Nauchnyj | The birth of the settlement of Nauchnyj coincides with the construction of the Crimean Astrophysical |
11790 | Goode | Philip R. Goode (b. 1943), a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and director of Big |
11824 | Alpaidze | Galaktion Eliseevich Alpaidze (1916-2006) was chief of the cosmodrome in Plesetsk from 1963 to 1975. |
12189 | Dovgyj | Stanislav Alekseevich Dovgyj (b. 1954), a corresponding member of the Ukrainian National Academy of |
12199 | Sohlman | Michael Sohlman (b. 1944) is a well-known Swedish specialist in economics and finance, executive dir |
12220 | Semenchur | Semen Ivanovich Churyumov (b. 1934), doctor of philosophy and socionics, was for many years senior l |
12664 | Sonisenia | Sonya (Sofiya) and Senya (Semen) are charming and talented children of Mark Ziselevich Orlovskij, Ki |
12670 | Passargea | Michael Paul Oskar Passarge (b. 1950) is a prominent German amateur astronomer. He built a private o |
12674 | Rybalka | Anatolij Nikolaevich Rybalka (b. 1939) is an obstetrician and gynaecologist, professor at the Crimea |
12686 | Bezuglyj | Michail Yur'evich Bezuglyj (b. 1963) is a Ukrainian surgeon who introduced mammography services in S |
13046 | Aliev | Shamil' Gimbatovich Aliev (b. 1943) is a Russian specialist in the field of applied mathematics and |
13474 | V'yus | Yurij Sergeevich Vasil'ev (b. 1929), rector of St. Petersburg State Technical University, is a promi |
13479 | Vet | The mathematician Vladimir Evgen'evich Tretyakov (“VET”, b. 1936) is a co-author of the Repin-Tretya |
13906 | Shunda | Mathematician Nikifor Nikolaevich Shunda (b. 1932) has been a professor and since 1975 rector of Vin |
13922 | Kremenia | Vasilij Grigorievich Kremen' (b. 1947), a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and president |
13923 | Peterhof | Peterhof, celebrating its 300th anniversary in 2005, was founded near St. Petersburg as a royal seas |
14322 | Shakura | Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura (b. 1945) is the head of the relativistic astrophysics department at the S |
14339 | Knorre | Ernest Khristov Knorre (1759-1810) was the first astronomer at Tartu University. His son Karl Khris |
14789 | GAISH | Moscow University's Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISh) is a leading astronomical institute in |
14814 | Gurij | Gurij Timofeevich Petrovsky (b. 1931), director of the Vavilov State Optical Institute and president |
14815 | Rutberg | Filipp Grigor'evich Rutberg (b. 1931), a prominent expert in electrophysics, is director of the Inst |
14818 | Mindeli | Elisbar Mindeli (1910-1980), a noted expert in coal mining, was the director of the Institute of Mou |
15203 | Grishanin | Kirill Vladimirovich Grishanin (1909-2002), an eminent specialist in the field of hydrometeorology, |
15220 | Sumerkin | Yurij Vasil'evich Sumerkin (b. 1935) is a well-known Russian scientist in the field of ship mechanic |
15691 | Maslov | Vladimir Anatol'evich Maslov (b. 1965), an engineer in Simferopol and an inventor in the area of sto |
16358 | Plesetsk | The Plesetsk (Plesetzk) cosmodrome was founded in 1957. By the end of the 1960s it had become the m |
16407 | Oiunskij | Platon Alekseevich Sleptsov-Oiunskij (1893-1939) was a prominent Yakut writer, philosopher, scientis |
16515 | Usman'grad | Usman' is an old town in Russia, founded in 1645, and birth place of a number of notable people: fam |
18284 | Tsereteli | Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli (b.1934), world-renown Russian sculptor, was the president of the Ru |
18287 | Verkin | Boris Ieremievich Verkin (1919-1990), a Ukrainian Soviet physicist and creator of the scientific sch |
19082 | Vikchernov | Viktor Mikhailovich Chernov (1902-1984), a librarian at Zaporozhie in Ukraine, was a prominent astro |
19119 | Dimpna | The Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DiMPNa) is a catalogue edited by Lutz D. Schmade |
19994 | Tresini | Dominico Tresini (c. 1670-1734), architect and engineer, worked in St. Petersburg beginning in 1703 |
22253 | Sivers | Yakov Efimovich Sivers (1731-1808) was an outstanding Russian statesman, governor of Novgorod provin |
22254 | Vladbarmin | Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin (1909-1993) was the general designer of the ground-based and launching sys |
22276 | Belkin | Anatoly Pavlovich Belkin (b. 1953) is a prominent modern Russian painter. His pictures are shown in |
24607 | Sevnatu | Sevastopol National Technical University, founded in 1951, is a large higher-education institution i |
24609 | Evgenij | Evgenij Borisovich Aleksandrov (b. 1936), senior scientific worker at the Ioffe Physical and Technic |
24637 | Ol'gusha | Ol'ga Anatol'evna Sazonova (b. 1975), youngest daughter of the discoverer, graduated from Simferopol |
24641 | Enver | Enver Elimdarovich Abduraimov (b. 1973) is a physician in Crimea famous for his selfless help to the |
24697 | Rastrelli | Carlo Bartolomeo and Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli were father (c. 1670-1744) and son (1700-1771), |
26075 | Levitsvet | Lev Ivanovich Tsvetkov (b. 1938), head of the laboratory of radio astronomy of the Crimean Astrophys |
26793 | Bolshoi | Located in the center of Moscow, the Bolshoi Theater of opera and ballet is the largest in Russia an |
27659 | Dolsky | Alexandr Alexandrovich Dolsky (b. 1938) is an Honoured Artist of Russia, a Bulat Okudzhava State lit |
29122 | Vasadze | Tariel Shakrovich Vasadze (b. 1947) is an inventor in the automotive industry. He received the titl |
30722 | Biblioran | Bibliotheka (Rossijskoj) Akademii Nauk (BAN) is the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Fou |
32807 | Quarenghi | Jacomo Quarenghi (1744-1817) is regarded as one of the best architects in the history of St. Petersb |
37556 | Svyaztie | From Russian and English words meaning “connection”, Svyaztie honors the enduring astronomical colla |
42479 | Tolik | Anatolij (Tolik) Leonidovich Zhuravlev (1941-2007), husband of the discoverer, was a computer expert |
52231 | Sitnik | Grigorij Fedorovich Sitnik (1911-1996), professor of the Moscow State University, was one of the lea |
65637 | Tsniimash | TsNIIMash is an acronym for the Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering, which is an in |
69261 | Philaret | Philaret (Vasily Mikhailovich Drozdov, 1783-1867), metropolitan bishop of Moscow and Kolomna, was an |