Yuri Zhdanov: advisors and students

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Yuri Zhdanov

Russian chemist1919 to 2006

Wikidata names Alexander Nesmeyanov and Bonifaty Kedrov as doctoral advisors, lists 1 doctoral student, and names Bonifaty Kedrov as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 3 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Alexander Nesmeyanov
stated by Wikidata
Bonifaty Kedrov

Students on Wikidata1

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stated by Wikidata
Vladimir Minkin
born 1935

Teachers and mentors1

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a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Bonifaty Kedrov

The line above and below3 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataAlexander Nesmeyanovstated by WikidataBonifaty Kedrov
2 steps up
stated by WikidataMykola Zelinskystated by WikidataQ55236100
3 steps up
stated by WikidataAleksandr Andreevich Verigo

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 2 people: 2 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

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1957 to 1988
Rostov State University
worked
undated
MSU Faculty of Chemistry
studied
undated
Southern Federal University
worked

At a glance

known as: chemist, university teacher, philosopher, polymath, science organizer, opinion journalist, poet, public figure
fields: chemistry, philosophy
degrees: PhD in Philosophical Sciences, from 1948, Doctor of Sciences in Chemistry, from 1960
awards: USSR State Prize, Zhukov Medal, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Star, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Badge of Honour, 1957, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship, Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands", Order of the Patriotic War, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
member of: Russian Academy of Sciences, from 1970, Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Wikipedia: in 11 languages

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Elsewhere5

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaYuri Zhdanov
stated by WikidataWikidataQ4178491
stated by WikidataVIAF76466542
stated by WikidataGND107768682
stated by WikidataISNI0000000117711608

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@misc{academicancestry_Q4178491,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Yuri Zhdanov: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q4178491},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Yuri Zhdanov: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q4178491