Godunov (russian: Годунов) is a
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surname.
Godunov can refer to the following:
* Two
Tsars of Russia
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Tsar Boris Fyodorovich Godunov a regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605
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Tsar Fyodor Borisovich Godunov son of Tsar Boris Godunov, ruled less than a year as Feodor II after his father's death in 1605; murdered in June the same year
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Xenia Borisovna Godunova (later the Nun Olga) daughter of Tsar Boris Godunov
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Irina Feodorovna Godunova (later the Nun Alexandra) wife of Tsar Feodor I Ivanovich and sister of Tsar Boris Godunov
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Sergei Konstantinovich Godunov, a
Russia
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n born
mathematician
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History
On ...
who contributed to
Finite volume method
The finite volume method (FVM) is a method for representing and evaluating partial differential equations in the form of algebraic equations.
In the finite volume method, volume integrals in a partial differential equation that contain a divergenc ...
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Godunov's scheme In numerical analysis and computational fluid dynamics, Godunov's scheme is a conservative numerical scheme, suggested by S. K. Godunov in 1959, for solving partial differential equations. One can think of this method as a conservative finite-vol ...
, a mathematical method invented by the above
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Aleksandr Borisovich Godunov was a Russian ballet dancer and actor
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Petr Ivanovich Godunov a Siberian governor
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Godunov map
The Godunov map was an ethnographic map of Siberia commissioned by Alexis of Russia on 15 November 1667. The original is no longer extant, but two copies were made: one by Claes Johansson Prytz and the other by Fritz Cronman. It is named after ...
created by the above
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''Godunov'' (TV series) Russian television drama
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Surnames
Russian-language surnames