Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichiy (Russian: Виктор Антонович Садовничий) (b. April 3, 1939) is a Russian mathematician. Since 1992 he is the rector of the Moscow State University. Leonhard Euler is considered by many to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is the person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

He was born in the village Krasnopavlovka in Kharkiv Oblast, now in Ukraine. He graduated from the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Moscow State University and defended his doctor thesis in 1974. In 1975 he became Professor, since 1982 until the present day he is the head of the Mathematical analysis chair of the department. He held different offices in the administration of the University until he was elected the rector in 1992. In 1996, 2001 and 2005 Sadovnichiy was reelected without any other candidates. Kharkiv Oblast (Харківська область, Kharkivs’ka oblast’ or Харківщина, Kharkivshchyna in Ukrainian; Харьковская &#1086... // Brief history Although the lectures in mathematics were delivered since Moscow State University was founded in 1755 the separate mathematical and physical department was founded only in 1804. ... Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский государственный университет имени Ðœ.Ð’.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... Analysis is the branch of mathematics most explicitly concerned with the notion of a limit, either the limit of a sequence or the limit of a function. ...

Sadovnichiy is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1994, Doctor Emeritus of many universities throughout the world, author of some 150 works. In 1989 he was awarded with the USSR State Prize. Russian Academy of Sciences: main building Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к) is the national academy of Russia. ... Stalin Prize medal State Prize medal The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ...