SOVIET SCIENTIST A.S. POPOV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100120037-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2012
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: June 27, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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A v. POPOV
A. O. Arenheri
Dr Tesh gol prof
A, b;, r'opny began his ecie~tific sattvtty whti,e itill a ettion! in the P
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t'r_Mat,h+,matlo&J. Pse gty of^A~Eorrbar6 thtivorelt7 f1t'7-18e2). At that t.ire
inn r1 i twnorned e+e:xtiatd D, I. Mendeleyet, PF L, Chrbyehev, and i. Its +ur
! ~t'Gr Wire te.iuf-irng at thia wUvsreitt.
Thy hdid et the univera lty phyJ~ciate sae Pritueior Y r Pitruaher.ki
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w?$, Ws'bi t:w :'6r(,in -1utiA t-,, irrtr'luc~' practical etudi.'j on phyvite !or at+;
t1 t,? $t,1, een ~, ~~ of t hu vy ca JuJ,u,rtmnct 0! tho baaaian Pt 'atco-Ch~estca1
oc Loty were held at, that t,imr in tPw Univeraltf, V, V- Lez% r*toip Crap when
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k'ap+w i~+ urned the rim, e*p rLnentel and theroretica1 P w?riced in the
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Popov beaie ir~terusted in oloctrical ucglneor tn~; and bogaw to ittorid the
- en Eons nt the kuass&n Telpiical society' wklch h&a just beep, organ~zod. In
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tht.;, .'ocietr, he becane acquainted With wet -k own tieslan ,Iiectrir;&l e
nth'
-3er3 such as P. N. Yableabkov, A. N. Led~tgin, V. N. Uhikolev? P. N.
9ulf~i np
,ultJ ;, 11. LachiOv, t1ong with a number of other yy.'phy Lciete interested
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to e1e.;tricn,l1 onginaering, Pot~ov w&M oN +_i 'I 'at t} t r1e'~tri-'aj :_
tn? e4iblt (~.,~~ j and worked in the "~;lektrotre~hal,lc" A~eocirtiorl, whets he
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r,'Mdied the equipping and r JoIjpgi et aa11 el?ctric power etatrions, In
. ~ ~ Popov wrote his theme on The Pttneipl ee of hereto- and uy?amoe Leatr i c
4rect-vurrent MachieeeN
In 1a3, Pop.v beoaae in usiatsnt on galvaniaa and bead o! the P sica
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*bLt+t of the Tbr;a.do Offtecre' Clus (KrweEadt;, Were A. 5, first studied
h1p;hrar eath uticr and than a course in pp4Li4 py lca and electrical engin-
eering. Thoare who heard Pppsv' a leeturee s thin he cold state the osunce
o: a tnpic to Ieur and ~izple terse. He gave prrtic~ilar attention to practical
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w , a1)Ai attached great importance to lecture dreaonatratiaeia, Ni,s axp riot
with the slow riee of current in an inductive circuit became a ctaeaiet CaUe~t
"Pogo r' a exper1~ont rr, it ie .Mill being shown today.
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3oea Popov bsgaa to teach phh7sice and electriosl en ta..rin~ at the iar