Pavel Shternberg | |
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Па́вел Ште́рнберг | |
Born | |
Died | 1 February 1920 | (aged 54)
Nationality | Imperial Russia Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University Moscow State University |
Spouse | Varvara Yakovleva |
Awards | Medal of the Russian Geographical Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | Moscow State University |
Academic advisors | Fyodor Bredikhin |
Pavel Karlovich Shternberg (Russian: Павел Карлович Штернберг; April 2, [O.S. March 21] 1865 – February 1, 1920, both dates New Style) was a Russian professor, academic, astronomer, Bolshevik and revolutionary of German decent. Shternberg contributed to the abolition of the Tsarist government by Alexander Kerensky during the February Revolution of 1917. He was an acquaintance of two notable revolutionaries, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.