Monument to the Soviet scientist Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (1911-1978) in Moscow, Russia


Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (10 February 1911 in Riga, Russian Empire - 24 June 1978 in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet scientist in the field of mathematics and mechanics, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946), President of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1961–1975), three times Hero of Socialist Labor (1956, 1961, 1971), fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1968). He was one of the key figures behind Soviet space program. Among scientific circles of USSR Keldysh was known with epithet "the Chief Theoretician" in analogy with epithet "the Chief Designer" used for Sergey Korolyov.


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Location: Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Prospekt Mira 111, 129164 Moscow, Russia, Eastern Europe
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