SCIENTIFIC; BIOGRAPHIC - ELECTRONICS

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• Publication Date: November 19, 1953
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V. I. KOVAZTNKOV: ON HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
Veatnik- Sasi fEommunications V. S. Kulebakin, Active Membor,
Herald , No 4, 1954, Moscow, Academy of Sciences USSR
inside back cover
The twenty-fifth of March 1954 marks the seventieth birthday of one '
of the greatest Soviet scientists in the field of electric communication,
the venerable teacher, doctor of technical sciences, professor, honored
scientist and engineer, Major General of the engineering-technical
service, associate member of the Academy of Sciences USSR, Valentin
Ivanovich Kovalenkov.
V. I. Kovalenkov was born in the village of Mezhnik (Novogorod
Province) in the family of a rural teacher.
Completing the course at Vw electrotechnical institute in Peter-
burg in 1909, he received a medal for successful defense of his diploma
thesis. His name was listed on the marble plaque of the institute.
Planning to do serious scientific work, Valentin Ivanovich entered the
Physicomathemetical department of St. Peterburg University, where he
completed his course in 1911. In 1914 he defended a dissertation in
applyii'ng for the scientific degree of associate professor. For this
dissertation work he was awarded the A. S. Popov prise and was awarded
an honorable mention by the Academy of Sciences.
Since his student days up to the present time, V. I. Kovalenkov has
been carrying on extensive scientific and scientific-organisational act-
ivities. His inveU.iva activit ~nentm] and theoretical work in
the field of long-distance telephonic and telegraphic communication have
blazed new paths of development in the science and engineering of com-
memication. At the same time they have determined the basic trends of
the development of these branches of electric communication in the Soviet
Union. His work exerted also a substantial effect on the development
of radio engineering, automatics, telemechanics, and sound film.
In his first basic work Ustanavliv he s tress i
raelu oetran niyu pa~eryvistogo toka po tslegratlrt'm nrovodam Steady
Sts a procesies and ..apngat on o Intermittent Current over Telegraph
_~e...~o~ ?=.:-a-- -'
Wire publishes ins votuuws in iyu-19-? Ulm
in detail the propagation of intermittent current along telegraph wires
and showed the need for decreasing the diameter of telegraph wires from
6 to 5 mm, which was of great economic significance.
In 1915 V. I. Kovalenkov demonstrated an operating vacuwn-tube
telephone repeater. circuit, the development of thich he started in 1909.
The practical realization of the results of these investigations and
inventions, which are of tremendous importance, became possible only
after the Great October Socialist Revolution.
Valentin Ivanovich was the first to produce in the USSR in 1921
a model installation for multiplex high-frequency telephony for 3
conversations, which made it possible to proceed towards a practical
development of this equipsent.
The scientist paid particular attention to the problems of the
development of theory of electric cemsomioatlon and of magnetic circuits.
The results of his theoretical and exerimental investigations in this
field are reported in many books and articles published since 1911. In
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#-,hose books and articles, many of the problems were first solved by him.
The scientific works of Vo Io Kovalenkov, published during Soviet
times, are well known to a large circle of s clalists. His books
Tellfonirovani na bollshi rassto i Fang Distance Telephon1/
19 and Teoriy-a teleygrafn telefonnoy teredaclty 5heory of Telegraph-
Telephone TransmissioJ (1926) played an important role in the develop
mont of the theory and practice of electric communication and in the
preparation of highly-qualified Soviet specialists in this field.
For the development of the theory of magnetic circuits and its
application to the analysis of relay schemes, and also for a 2-volume
book caller'. Teoriya peredach3 lini am elektros xi Theory of
Transmission over Electric-Communication Lines Q. I. Kovalenkov
was awarded the Stalin prise in 1941.
Valentin Ivanovich was known for his scientific work not only in
the field of electric communication. He is the inventor of sound film:
he was the first to produce a demonstration of sound motion-picture
film. The principal schemes for recording and reproducing sound, which
were developed by him, are employed to the present time in a system of
sound-motion-picture apparatus. He also carried out many interesting
investigations in the field of acoustics.
In 1939 V. I. Kovalenkov was elected an associate member of the
Academy of Sciences USSR. Within the year he was appointed deputy
director of the Institute of Automatics and Telemschanics of the
Academy of Sciences USSR for the scientific section, and in 1942 he
became the director of that institute. Since 1948 he has been in
charge of the Laboratory for the Solution of Scientific Problems of
Wire Communication of the Academy of Sciences USSR.
During his 45 years of activity in the field of electric eommmni-
cation the scientist published 35 monographs and more than 150 articles.
In addition, he wrote many articles of a popular-scientific character.
He was awarded 76 patents and inventorns certificates for inventions in
the field of wire and radio communications, vacuum tubes, sound motion
pictures, etc.
During his many years of activity as a professor and teacher Valentin
Ivanovich traine4 a large number of engineers and scientific workers in
the field of telephonic and telegraphic communication. Many of his
nuudenoa are great acientisti' and statesmen in the Soviet Union.
For outstanding service to the fatherland, V. I. Kovalenkov was
a,rarded 2 Orders of Lenin, the Order of Labor Red Banner, the Order of
the Red Star, and several medals.
With his tireless labor and tactful relationship to people. Valentin
Ivanovich has wan deserved respect and affection by large circles of
commnication workers.
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Vestnik'S a.si Eommunications
Herald/, No 4, 1954, Moscow,
outside back cover
centers, and electric supply for receiving-amplifying installations and
for radio wired-broadcasting networks.
Dogadin, V. N. and Chernyavskaya, A. K., Posobin dlka kolkhoano o
radista L xtbook for the Kolkhoa Radio Opera or , 1954, Moscow,
3vyasisdat, 232 pages, 3 inserts, 6.60 rubles.
Contains brief information on electrical and radio engineering;
Levitin, Ye. A., Radioveshohatel? 1 mniki LRadio Broad-
casting Vacuum-Tube Receivers Repair and Adjustment), 1953, Moscow,
Kois, 432 pages, 21 inserts, 18.90 rubles.
The book consists of 3 parts. The first part summarises fundamental
radio-engineering information needed for understanding the operating
principles of radio-broadcasting receivers. The second part explains the
procedure for finding and eliminating faults in radio receivers and
acquaints the reader with control and measurement apparatus used for
repair. The third part contains a description of radio-broadcasting
receivers issued by Russian industry since 1946 and gives handbook data
on these receivers.
Linde, D. P., Antenno-t5der3yye ustroystva antenna and Feeder Installa-
tion], Radio library for the masses under general editorship of
academician A. I. Berg, No 194, 1953, Moscow-Leningrad, Gosener--
goisdat, 191 pages, 1 insert, 4.40 rubles.
A popular discussion of the principles of antenna engineering and
a description of modern antenna and feeder installations used in radio-
amateur practice. The book is intended for radio amateurs and for
practical radio specialists.
Ministry of Commtmication USSR, State Onion Design Institute, Yedinyye
ncr ' vyrabotki na proyektnyye i isyakatel'skiye raboty, oplachivay-
emyye sdel+no LOnified Norms of Prodestion.in'Design and Investigation
Work, for which Piece Rates Are PaidC Part 20, Sv3as* i simalisatsiya
ZCommnnication and Signalisaticn], approved by Ministry of Communi-
cations USSR 1 September 1953, coordinated with the VT,SPS and the
state committee of the Council of Ministers USSR on construction
matters, 1954, Svyas*isdat, 167 pages, 5 rubles.
Contains norms for tins and prices for the d?eig of e ectric-
coemunication and signalisation structures.
Ministry of Communication USSR, technical administration, Rukovodyashchlve
ukssaniya Po Pr oyektiroveniru. stroitel'stvu i ezpluststsii sasenleniv
v ustanovkakh provadnw si i radicwtranelyatsIonivkh oy
Governing instructions m the Design, Canstruction,and operation of
Ground Connections in hire-Cc ication Installations and Wired-
Broadcasting Centers7. 1953. Moscow. 59 cases. 1.75 rubles*.
E:aaines the types of grounding devices, gives design equation for
the determination of the resistance of the grounding devices, gives
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indications on the installation of ground connections in wire-communica-
tion apparatus and radio wire-broadcasting centers, on the measurement
of ground resistAnce, and on the control of the condition of grounding
devices.
Khrestomatiyaradiolyubitelya /Radio Amateur's Reader, compiled by
I. 1. Spishevskiy, radio library for the masses under general editor-
ship of academician A. I. Berg, No 192, 1953, Moscow-Leningrad,
Gosenergoisdat, 215 pages, 12 rubles-
-The reader contains selections from magazine articles, books, and
brochures on electrical and radio engineering, which contain information
needed for beginning radio amateurs. It contains descriptions of many
popular radio-amateur receivers, and a selection of articles on procedures
used in construction, adjustment, and tests of receivers, on the pre-
paration of home-made power packs, and also a description of visual-
education devices.
Ministry of Communication USSR, technical administration, lectures on
i tek}nike
Postal Communication, N. D. Stas', Or anisats ~jm
eke irovani riodichesk chats Orga sation and Techniques
in Dispatching Periodical Literature. 1954, Moscow, Svyaz'isdat,
39 pages, 1.20 rubles*.
310 lectures describe in detail tha sequence and system of organising
and techniques of dispatching periodical press (.newspaper and magazines)
in special dispatching enterprises and at the postal-communication enter-
prises.
Stolyarov, N. D., Remont msshdumorodnykh vosdushaM lint s zi
ukrupnennoy kolonnoy Repair of Interurban Overhead Communication
Lines by Means of L Reinforced Colua 7 (from the operating experience
of the Michmrin Line-Technical Communications Unit. 1954, Moscow,
Svyas'isdat, 32 pages, 0.50 rubles*.
Relates the operating experience of the staff of the Michurin line-
technical unit on the performance of repair of overhead communication
line using a reinforced repair column. The author of the brochures
shows by means of practical examples the advantages of repairing with
a reinforced colrmt,, indicates the individual shortcomings, and
introduces many suggestions on how to eliminate them.
Tomchin, B. Z., Netody raboty uchantkovykh nadamotrshchikov L. ads
orodsk Lelefon seta Operating Methods of the Section Super-
sora o the Leningrad Municipal Telephone Network], 1953, Moscow,
Svyas'isdat, 23 pages, 0.35 rubies.
Description of methods and operating measures of the- better section
supervisors of the Leningrad Municipal Telephone Network, and also
cur tan eti cos made by the vcrhere of this network to i_ pr ve the
operation of the subscriber sets.
Chistyakov, N. I., Radionrisem i rabo a r adio r musks [Radio Reception
and Operation of Radio Receivers/, text for those who s tudy about
radio receivers from the manufacturer's instructions, second edition,
1953, meow, Voyanisdat, 223 pages, 1 insert, 6 rubles.
rn,at_@i n,n : di atmuion in nonnlar form of the fundamental information
on electric processes occurring in the elements of modern long-, medium-,
and short-'rave receivers. The book is intended for readers who have no
special radio-engineering preparation, but who are acquainted with an
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elementary course in electrical engineering and with the fundamea:als
of radio- engineering. Study of this book will help the reader cope with
the operation of radio-reception apparatus with the aid of factory
instructions and descriptions that came with the equipment.
.All-union-Society for Dissemination of Political, and Scientific Know-
ledge, Leningrad Division, P. V. Sharakav, Ti_ len47s teLvid si s
Color Tslevisic=J, stenographic transcript a p b lactture,
1953, Ieningrad, 38 pages, O.6(i rubles.
The lecture discusses, after a brief explanation of the physical
foundations of color television, the principal television systems
employed: the system of simultaneous transmission of colors,
sequential system of transmission of color fields, sequential system
with change of colors by lines, system with .hange of colors by
elements.
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