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 Alexandrov
Alexander Danilovich
(1912-1999)
- Leningrad.
He was
born in Volyn
village of
Ryazan province, in a patrimonial estate. The Soviet mathematician,
the
largest geometer of XXth century,
academician
of
the Academy of sciences of the
USSR
(1964),
a member of the CPSU from
1951.
In 1952-1964
he was a
rector of the Leningrad State University. The winner of the State premium of
the USSR (1942), the International Lobachevsky premium (1951). He
was awarded with Lenin's
medal, etc. His basic scientific achievements concern geometry of surfaces
where he opened methods of figures metric properties studying. These
researches generated a new object, irregular metric varieties more general
than Ryman
spaces.
These methods essentially expanded an area of geometrical researches and led
to decision of some classical problems of the surfaces theory, and also
these were important applications of the differential equations theory and
theories of elastic environments. He was the founder of chronogeometry, and
also the author of original works about the bases of the relativity theory,
of philosophy of a science and the founder of remarkable textbooks on
geometry for high school.
In 1929
he entered on Physical faculty of the
Leningrad State University where he acquainted with an outstanding
mathematician, member-correspondent of the
Academy of sciences of the
USSR, the initiator of the Soviet climbeing B.N. Delone who carried him away
with mathematics and mountains.
The
first trip to mountains was
in
1932, he made his first climbing on Sofrudzhu Peak in Caucasus.
In 1933
he
was the first who climbed at Small Dombai and Big Hatipary Peaks
on
a new way. It was not the obstacle that he couldn’t define a distance to
the nearest ledge or crack since a youth when he lost a binocular sight.
In 1934
he was a
trainer;
in the same year as a member of university group (6 persons) he climbed at
Sugan Peak in Caucasus.
In 1936
he was first who climbed Goldor Peak
in Caucasus, Digorija together with V. Ivanov. A.D. Alexandrov wrote about
this summer: «I recollect the summer of 1936 especially because it was
impregnated with a freedom».
In 1937
the
AD (so named by friends) became a Doctor of Sciences and in the summer he
made the first climbing on Chotchi
Peak
together with I. Chashnikov, and he carried out a rise on Bu-Ulgen Peak
along
its western wall (one of the first Soviet wall climbings) with K. Piskarev.
Climbings of 1937 made Alexandrov
a
number of the strongest climbers of Leningrad.
In 1940
he
participated an outstanding traverse
of two
tops of
Ushba Peak in
group with V. Budanov (a leader), A. Gromov and M. Potapova.
Alexandrov performed the Master rank with this traverse, but rank was
appropriated only in 1949. During the Second World War when the set to
mountain armies to Caucasus was declared, he submitted the application in a
military registration (as a climber with great Caucasian experience), but
was refused. He was specified that he is more useful in a rear reserve as
the doctor of sciences, the mathematician. Right after the War the AD
continued his mountain employment.
From
1946
he
climbed, worked as a trainer in the climbing camp «Alibek». Some next
years he worked there as a trainer and climbed.
In 1950
he
participated in a traverse
of Svetgar Mountain array thus
confirmed his Master of
the
USSR rank.
In 1952
Alexanders became a rector of the Leningrad State University
and
the University
climbing club becomes
more active with his support.
In 1958
the scientifically-sport
expedition on searches of "yeti" and to legendary cave Mata-tash
was organized under initiative of
Alexandrov.
In 1960-1968
he
took part in scientifically-sports expeditions of the Leningrad State
University
to
Pamir.
In 1960
-
Peak of the Soviet trade unions
(6470
m). 1961
-
Peak Nikoladze
(6250
m, SW
Pamir).
In 1962
it was
the
first climbing on
anonymous peak «6222» (SW
Pamir)
which was named Leningrad University Peak under his offer (LSU Peak).
In 1964
he moved
to the Academic city of Novosibirsk, then joined to the Leningrad university
climbing team. Though he didn’t any significant climbings, he divided a
high-mountain life with friends, creating unusually fine atmosphere of
friendliness, making a positive influence on a course of expeditions.
In 1972
in
the day of his 60th anniversary AD climbed alone to an anonymous peak in
Fanskieh Mountains.
In 1982,
after
a ten years break, in a year of his 70-years anniversary (!), forgot about
deceases
and
slalom
traumas,
at
counteraction
of safety service of a camp “Alla-Archa” (Tien Shan) he climbed together
on Panfilov's peak with K. Tolstov. (The text was made D.A. Medvedeva, the
daughter of the academician).
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