Zhuravsky Andrey Mitrofanovich
Born in 1892 in Chernigov. Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the St. Petersburg Institute. from 1916 - teacher, from 1920 - professor at the Mining Institute. In 1926, he created a bureau of technical calculations and production calculations at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Leningrad State University and became its first director. Since 1937 - Candidate of Physical and Technical Sciences. In 1941, he remained in besieged Leningrad, headed the Leningrad Department of the Mathematical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and conducted research on thermal processes in artillery barrels. Arrested on 02/17/1942, sentenced on 04/25/1942 by the Military Tribunal of the NKVD troops of the LVO under Article 58-3, 10 part 2.11 to VMN. The execution was replaced by 10 years. Transferred to Usollag. in 1942-1952 was under the jurisdiction of the 4th Special Department of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, in OKB-172 in Molotov, then in Kresty. Worked as a senior engineer, group leader. During the period of imprisonment, about 30 scientific articles and reports were written. At the end of his term in February 1952, he was sent to Syktyvkar and taught at the Pedagogical Institute. In January 1953 he was released and returned to Leningrad. Head of the group at OKB-43, since 1955 - head of the department of higher mathematics at the Mining Institute. Since 1958 Doctor of Technical Sciences. Died in 1969. Rehabilitated by the ruling of the Military Tribunal of the Leningrad Military District No. 752-N dated December 20, 1954.
Доп.инф.: "Вестник "Мемориала", № 6, СПб, 2001 г.
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1. Group photo of the graduation from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Leningrad University in 1928, Associate Professor Zhuravsky A.M. in the second row in the center, Leningrad State University graduate Korman A.G. - on the left in the first row.

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2. Photo by A.M. Zhuravsky [until 1941].

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2. Article by N.V. Uspenskaya “Sabotage... in the study of a solar eclipse” about the arrests of Leningrad astronomers, published in the journal “Nature” No. 8, 1989, p. 86-98. (attached file)
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3. Identification photograph of Zhuravsky A.M. from the investigation file, 18.02.1942.

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4. Receipt dated March 13, 1948 for the acceptance of food for transfer to A.M. Zhuravsky in prison. from Bednyakova V.E., with the stamp of the UNKVD prison, with a pencil mark by Chebanov V.D. "The handwriting of E.I. Zhuravskaya."

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4. Article from the journal “Uspekhi Matematicheskikh Nauk”, volume 45, issue 4 (274) for 07-08 1990, dedicated to Koshlyakov N.S. with the dedicatory signature of V.N. Koshlyakov. Koshlyakov M.N.





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5. Receipt dated April 30, 1948 for the acceptance of food for transfer to A.M. Zhuravsky in prison. from Bednyakova V.E., with the stamp of the UNKVD prison, with a pencil mark by Chebanov V.D. "The handwriting of E.I. Zhuravskaya."

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7. Notice from prison No. 1 addressed to E.I. Zhuravskaya. about permission for her and her daughter Zhuravskaya E.M. on a date with his son Zhuravsky A.M. 02/13/1949.

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8. Receipt dated 07/08/1949 for the acceptance of food for transfer to A.M. Zhuravsky in prison. from Kuznetsova A.F., with the stamp of the UNKVD prison, with a pencil mark by V.D. Chebanov. "The handwriting of E.I. Zhuravskaya."

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9. Receipt dated August 14, 1949 for the acceptance of food for transfer to A.M. Zhuravsky in prison. from E.M. Zhuravskaya, with the stamp of the UNKVD prison, with a pencil mark by V.D. Chebanov. "The handwriting of E.I. Zhuravskaya."

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10. Receipt dated 10/04/1949 for the acceptance of food for transfer to A.M. Zhuravsky in prison. from E.M. Zhuravskaya, with the stamp of the UNKVD prison, with a pencil mark by V.D. Chebanov. "The handwriting of E.I. Zhuravskaya."

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11. Receipt dated December 11, 1949 for the acceptance of food for transfer to A.M. Zhuravsky in prison. from Viktorovich P.V., with the stamp of the UNKVD prison.


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12. Receipt dated January 2, 1950 for the acceptance of food for transfer to A.M. Zhuravsky in prison. from Kuznetsova A.F., with the stamp of the UNKVD prison, with a pencil mark by V.D. Chebanov. "The handwriting of E.I. Zhuravskaya."

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13. Receipt dated 02/19/1950 for the acceptance of food for transfer to the prison to A.M. Zhuravsky. from E.M. Zhuravskaya, with the stamp of the UNKVD prison, with a pencil mark by V.D. Chebanov. "The handwriting of E.I. Zhuravskaya."

Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Яцкевич Иван Викторович
13. Protocol of interrogation of Yatskevich I.V. dated 03/07/1935.





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14. Receipt dated 09/01/1950 for the acceptance of food for transfer to A.M. Zhuravsky in prison. from Kuznetsova A.F., with the stamp of the UNKVD prison, with a pencil mark by V.D. Chebanov. "The handwriting of E.I. Zhuravskaya."

Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Извеков Борис Иванович
14. Article by Y. Golovanov “Executioners and victims of “Case No. 555”, published in the magazine “Ogonyok” No. 5, 1992.




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15. Introduction and table of contents from the book by Zhuravsky A.M. “Theory of the thermal process in an artillery gun”, M., 1952.


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16. Extract from the certificate of characteristics of the 4th special department of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs dated 05/08/1952 on the use of A.M. Zhuravsky. in OKB-172 of the Ministry of Armament from 02/19/1943 to 02/17/1952.

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17. Letter from Zhuravsky to A.M. dated November 25, 1952 addressed to L.P. Beria about his work in the field of artillery weapons in OKB-172, interrupted by his sending into exile and with a request to second him to an institute or bureau dealing with artillery weapons, with Beria’s resolution dated 04/07/1952.


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18. Extract from Zhuravsky’s letter to A.M. dated November 25, 1952 addressed to L.P. Beria about his work in the field of artillery weapons at OKB-172.

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19. Letter from the USSR Ministry of Defense Industry No. 362/2 dated 07/07/1953 to the head of OKB-43, M.N. Kondakov. about sending Zhuravsky A.M. for use in his specialty at OKB-43.

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20. Certificate from the Ministry of Armaments of the USSR dated August 15, 1953 for the head of the GS OKB-43 group Zhuravsky A.M. with his personal data.

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22. Autobiography of Zhuravsky A.M., written [04/11/1954].





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23. Extract from the production characteristics for the head of the calculation department group A.M. Zhuravsky, compiled by GS OKB-43 MOP 07/03/1954.

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24. Certificate of the Military Tribunal of the Leningrad Military District No. N-9/55 dated January 20, 1955 on the termination of the criminal case against A.M. Zhuravsky. under Articles 58-3, 58-10, Part 2 and 58-11 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and on his rehabilitation by the determination of the Military Tribunal of the Leningrad Military District No. 752-N dated December 20, 1954.


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25. Certificate from the personnel department of the Leningrad Mining Institute No. 08 dated June 25, 1955 to the head of mailbox No. 691 regarding permission to A.M. Zhuravsky. work part-time until 12/31/1955.

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26. Statement by A.M. Zhuravsky dated 06/29/1955 addressed to the head and chief designer of OKB-43 (PO Box 691) about hiring him part-time from 07/01/1955.

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27. Photo by A.M. Zhuravsky after returning from exile, approximately spring 1955.

Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Корман Аркадий Григорьевич
27. Memoirs of Corman A.G. about Zhuravsky A.M., recorded from the words of Korman A.G. in August 1993 with an attachment in the form of a copy of the certificate of the Supreme Court of the USSR Armed Forces No. 2/3-01002/49 dated 04/01/1959 on the rehabilitation of A.G. Korman. Resolution dated March 18, 1949.
The author recalls his acquaintance and joint scientific work with Andrei Mitrofanovich Zhuravsky.
We met at the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of Leningrad State University, where Zhuravsky gave a course of lectures on probability theory. Further joint work with Zhuravsky (who at that time was already imprisoned in OKB-172) in the period 1943-47. over mathematical calculations when firing from automatic artillery installations.
The author's trip to Vladivostok, denunciation of him by a business traveler who lived with him in the hotel. Author's arrest in September 1948 in Leningrad, false accusation of recruitment by American intelligence. Sentence: 5 years in camps. After the verdict came into force - a camp at a meat processing plant. Transfer to Kresty prison, work at OKB-172. Meeting with Zhuravsky, who already worked there. Structure of OKB-172, daily routine, life, conditions of detention. Zhuravsky’s behavior is his will, fortitude, which served as an example and supported his comrades in misfortune. In February 1952, after the end of his prison term, Zhuravsky was exiled to the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the city of Syktyvkar. Finding a job at the Komi Pedagogical Institute as a laboratory assistant in the department of higher mathematics.
The abstract was compiled by Brodskaya N.K.





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29. Diploma of Doctor of Science MNT No. 000630 dated 03/05/1958 awarded to Zhuravsky A.M. scientific degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences.

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30. Photo by A.M. Zhuravsky in the park, undated.

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31. Group photo of friends and colleagues of Zhuravsky A.M. (sitting at the table in the center), among the guests is A.G. Korman. (2nd from right), undated.

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33. Article by Karpenko V. “Disgraced Professor (On the 100th anniversary of the birth of A.M. Zhuravsky)” in the newspaper of the St. Petersburg Mining Institute “Gornyatskaya Pravda” No. 19-20 dated December 29, 1992, p.7.
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34. Letter of the St. Petersburg Mining Institute No. 12-0216/12 dated March 25. 1993 to the KB SM with a request to provide information about the scientific works of Professor A.M. Zhuravsky, who worked in 1943-1963. in OKB-172, OKB-43 and TsKB-34.

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35. Letter from the Leningrad branch of the National Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 7/177 dated 04/09/1993 to the KB SM with a request to provide information about the scientific works of Professor A.M. Zhuravsky, who worked in 1943-1963. in OKB-172, OKB-43 and TsKB-34.

Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Лодкин Сергей Иванович
36. Article by I. Nacharova “The Weapons of Victory were Forged in Kresty”, published in the newspaper Izvestia, about the history of the special design bureau OKB-172 based on the materials of the Memorial exhibition and an article in the magazine Vestnik Memorial, 2001.

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37. Letter from the deputy Head of KBSM No. 69/62-1435 dated 05/12/1993 to the Vice-Rector of the St. Petersburg Mining Institute about the work of Professor A.M. Zhuravsky. at this enterprise in 1953-1955. and about sending a list of scientific works on defense topics by A.M. Zhuravsky.

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38. Letter from the deputy Head of KBSM No. 70/62-1436 dated 05/12/1993 to the scientific secretary of the St. Petersburg branch of the National Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences about the work of Professor A.M. Zhuravsky. at this enterprise in 1953-1955. and about sending a list of scientific works on defense topics by A.M. Zhuravsky.

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39. List of scientific works of Professor Zhuravsky A.M. on defense topics, compiled by the chief specialist of KBSM Zhuk V.I. 05/12/1993.


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40. Article by Chebanov V., Poroshkin A. and Karpenko V. “Science behind bars (To the 100th anniversary of the birth of A.M. Zhuravsky)” in the newspaper of the St. Petersburg Mining Institute “Gornyatskaya Pravda” No. 8-9, May 1993, p.4.
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42. Biographical information and photograph of Zhuravsky A.M. Fragment of the “Wall of Memory”.

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43. Corrections of typos in the article “History of OKB-172”, published in “Memorial Bulletin” No. 6, St. Petersburg, 2001, compiled by V.D. Chebanov.

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44. Invitation from the Department of Higher Mathematics of the Mining Institute to V.D. Chebanov. to a scientific seminar dedicated to the 110th anniversary of Professor A.M. Zhuravsky. 12/16/2002.

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45. Autobiographical sketch of Chebanov V.D. with memories of the siege of Leningrad and about his work studying the life and work of Zhuravsky’s cousin A.M., written on 04/21/2014.



