Alla Masevich

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Soviet astronomer (1918-2008)

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Russia Russia

was

Astronomer

Work field

Science

Gender

Female

Birth

9 October 1918 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Tbilisi

Death

6 May 2008 People who died on this day

Place of death

Moscow

Age

89 years

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Biography

Alla Genrikhovna Masevich (October 9, 1918 — May 6, 2008) was a Soviet astronomer. She graduated from Moscow State Pedagogical University. She served as assistant chairman of the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1952, and worked closely with Victor Ambartsumian. She became a professor of space geodesy at the Moscow Institute of Geodesy and Cartography in 1972.
She is known for her work in organizing groups to observe some of the first Russian satellites (1956-57).

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