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Vasily Shuleikin

Vasily Shuleikin is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vasily Shuleikin rather than just read about it. In short: Vasily Vladimirovich Shuleikin (Russian: Василий Владимирович Шуле́йкин, 1 January 1895 – 25 April 1979) was a Soviet scientist, mathematician and engineer. He made significant contributions to understanding of nonlinear wave phenomena, ocean acoustics and marine physics.

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Reference excerpt

Vasily Vladimirovich Shuleikin (Russian: Василий Владимирович Шуле́йкин, 1 January 1895 – 25 April 1979) was a Soviet scientist, mathematician and engineer. He made significant contributions to understanding of nonlinear wave phenomena, ocean acoustics and marine physics. His work on sea ice flows is considered foundational.

Life Born 1 January 1895 into the family of Vladimir Vasilievich Shuleikin the technical director of a small chemical-dyeing factory, Vasily Vladimirovich Shuleikin graduated from the Moscow Lutheran Reformer School founded by Ivan Fidler in 1912. He went on to Bauman Moscow State Technical University where he studied mathematics, graduating in 1917. His first published research work dealt with rectifiers (November, 1916). After graduation he remained at Bauman and started teaching there in 1918. He taught mathematical analysis, analytic geometry, and latter electromagnetism. He acquired a research interest in marine physics in 1921 and remained faithful to this topic for the rest of this life. He gained the formal rank of professor in 1923. From 1927 to 1929 he was a professor at the Physics Department of the Yaroslavl Pedagogical Institute. Following Russian custom, he held multiple overlapping positions over the proceeding years including the Institute of Physics and Biophysics (1920–1931) and the Marine Scientific Institute (1922). From 1926 to 1929 he worked in the physical laboratory of the camouflage department of the Moscow engineering test site. While working on military research, he was enlisted as an officer in the Soviet Navy. Between 1945 and 1947 he held the additional position as head department in the Naval Academy of Shipbuilding and Armament. In 1928, he moved to Moscow State University, where in 1943 and he became head of the marine physics department. He participated in establishing the geophysics section of the Physics Department. He was one of the founders (1929) of the Moscow Hydrometeorological Institute (today known as the Russian State Hydrometeorological University) and established the Black Sea Hydrophysical Station in Katsiveli, Crimea. Other positions he held include: Director of the Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences of the USSR since 1942. In 1942–1945 he served in the Hydrographic Administration of the Navy. He served as director of Roshydromet (Russian equivalent of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) 1947–1950. From the time he was 27 until 74 years, he conducted expeditionary research work: the hydrographic vessel Pakhtusov in the Kara Sea, many expeditions of the Marine Scientific Institute, the Hydrographic Department of the Meteorological Service, the Hydrometeorological Service – as a senior specialist, assistant chief and chief of the expedition, both in the polar seas and in the Black Sea; steamer "Transbalt" on a flight from Evpatoria to Vladivostok; expedition vessel "Sedov" in the Atlantic Ocean. He was also an established composer, with works performed for broadcasting on the national radio. He died on April 25, 1979. He is buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

Recognition Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences from 1929 onwards, and an academician from 1946.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Vasily Shuleikin

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Vasily Shuleikin claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Vasily Shuleikin before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Vasily Shuleikin ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Vasily Shuleikin

In research: Vasily Shuleikin appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Vasily Shuleikin in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Vasily Shuleikin is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1895 births, 1979 deaths, 20th-century Russian physicists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Vasily Shuleikin outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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