Bursian Viktor Robertovich
1. Photograph by Bursian V.R. [until October 1936]. (1 sheet, photocopy)
2. Certificate No. 4520 on the death of Bursian V.R. 12/15/1945, issued by the Kuibyshe Bureau of the ACS UNKVD in Leningrad on 03/05/1946. (1 sheet, photocopy)
3. Certificate (Form No. 30) of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR No. 4n-022672/56 dated 12/17/1956 on the annulment of the sentence of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR dated May 25, 1937 in relation to Bursian V.R. and about his posthumous rehabilitation by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR on 12/08/1956. (1 sheet, photocopy)
4. Article Bursian E.V. From the history of physics. Victor Robertovich Bursian (1886-1945)" in the journal "Uspekhi fizicheskikh nauk", volume 155, issue 2, June 1988, p. 317 - 321. (3 sheets, magazine clipping)
5. Article by Frenkel V.Ya. in the heading "From the editorial mail" of the journal "Priroda" for 1990 about the Kharkov Conference on Theoretical Physics in 1929 about a photograph of its participants, among them - Bursian V.R. and Ferkhmin A.A., p. 75 - 77. (3 sheets, electronic copy)
6. Memoirs Ferkhmin A.A. on the arrest, imprisonment and rehabilitation of her husband Bursian V.R. (7 sheets, photocopy)
Names (1)
Bursian Viktor Robertovich
Geophysicist, specialist in electro- and thermodynamics, crystal physics, theory of electrical exploration, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Born 25.12.1886 in St. Petersburg, in the family of a doctor. Graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Department of St. Petersburg University. Until 1919 he taught physics at the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute, from 1919 - at Leningrad State University, professor (1932), head of the Department of Theoretical Physics, dean of the Physics Department (1933), director of the Research Physics Institute at Leningrad State University (1934), founded in 1933, where an electrometry laboratory was created. Employee of various geophysical divisions of the Geological Committee of the Central Research Geological Prospecting Institute, organizer and head of electrical exploration work. In 1928-1933 - participant in a number of expeditions (Urals, West Siberian Lowland, Kuzbass, Kuznetsk Alatau, Caspian Lowland, Baku). Arrested on 15 October 1936 (according to other sources, 08 October 1936), accused of belonging to a "counter-revolutionary fascist organization" that had terrorist goals and was preparing an assassination attempt on Stalin (the geophysical branch of the "Pulkovo case"). Sentenced by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR on 25 May 1937 under Article 58-8-10-11 to 10 years' imprisonment. Sentenced to work in the Special Technical Bureau of the NKVD ("Kresty"), where he was engaged in thermal calculations for guns. With the outbreak of World War II, he was evacuated to the city of Molotov (Perm) together with the OKB. In May 1945 he returned to Leningrad. On 15 December 1945 he died in a prison hospital from kidney disease. Rehabilitated by the determination of the Military Commission of the Supreme Court of the USSR on 08 December 1956.
Documents (6)
2. Certificate No. 4520 on the death of Bursian V.R. 12/15/1945, issued by the Kuibysh Bureau of the ACS UNKVD in Leningrad on 03/05/1946.
3. Certificate (Form No. 30) of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR No. 4n-022672/56 dated 12/17/1956 on the cancellation of the verdict of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR dated 05/25/1937 in relation to Bursian V.R. and about his posthumous rehabilitation by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR on 12/08/1956.
4. Article by Bursian E.V. From the history of physics. Victor Robertovich Bursian (1886-1945)" in the journal "Uspekhi fizicheskikh nauk", volume 155, issue 2, June 1988, p. 317 - 321.
5. Article by Frenkel V.Ya. in the section “From Editorial Mail” of the magazine “Nature” for 1990 about the Kharkov Conference on Theoretical Physics in 1929 and about a photograph of its participants, among whom is Bursian V.R. and Ferkhmin A.A., p. 75 - 77.
6. Memoirs of Ferkhmin A.A. about the arrest, imprisonment and rehabilitation of her husband Bursian V.R.
