| Academic Degrees | 1945 | M.Sc., Mechanics, Saratov State University. | 
|  | 1948 | Ph.D., Physical and Mathematical Sciences,
                              Institute of Mechanics of the USSR Academy
                              of Sciences | 
|  | 1953 | Doctor of Physical and Mathematical
                              Sciences, Institute of Mechanics of the
                              USSR Academy of Sciences | 
|  | 1956 | Professor of Theoretical Mechanics,
                              Moscow State University | 
|  | 1970 | Corresponding Member of the
                              USSR Academy of Sciences | 
|  | 1992 | Academician of the
                              Russian Academy of Scienes | 
| Professional Experience | 1948-53 | Junior Researcher, Scientific Secretary,
                    Doctorant, Institute of Mechanics of the
                              USSR Academy of Sciences (IMAS) | 
|  | 1953-60 | Senior Researcher, IMAS | 
|  | 1961-64 | Head of the Department of Analitical
                              Mechanics, IMAS | 
|  | 1965-72 | Senior Researcher, Computing Centre of
                              the USSR Academy of Sciences (CCAS) | 
|  | 1973-85 | Head of the Laboratory of Stability
                              Theory and Mechanics Control Systems,
                              CCAS | 
|  | 1986-p.t. | Head of the Department of Mechanics, CCAS | 
|  | 1956-p.t. | Professor of the Cathedra of Theoretical
                              Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanics and
                              Mathematics,  Moscow State
                              University | 
| Research   Interests |  | Analytical Mechanics, Theory of Stability and
           Stabilization, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical
                    Modelling in Technical and Natural Sciences |