Vasily Sergeevich Nemchinov (russian: Василий Cергеевич Немчинов (2 January 1894 – 5 November 1964) was a

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and

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. Nemchinov is credited with introducing mathematical methods into Soviet economics, thus creating a scientific basis for

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Biography

Nemchinov was born in Grabovo, a village about 20 km north of

Penza Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-l ...

in what was then Penzenskaya Guberniya of

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. He attended secondary school in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

until 1913. He then studied at the economics department of the Moscow Institute of Commerce (russian: Московский коммерческий институт). After graduation in 1917 he began to work as an economist and statistician for the

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in the Chelyabinsk

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Works

* "On the Statistical Study of Rural Class Stratification", 1926, Bulleting of Urals Regional Statistical Admin. * "Experience from the Classification of Peasant Households", Vestnik statistiki. * The Use of Mathematics in Economics, 3 volumes, 1959-65. * Methods and Models of Mathematical Economics, 1967-9. * Selected Works, 1967-9.

Honors

Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...

, (1946) * Honorary member of the

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, (1961) * Lenin Prize, (1965, posthumously)

External links

Biography
at the

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Information about his works
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nemchinov, Vasily 1894 births 1964 deaths People from Penza Oblast Soviet economists Soviet mathematicians Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Academicians of the VASKhNIL Academicians of the Byelorussian SSR Academy of Sciences Stalin Prize winners Lenin Prize winners