Academic Ancestry

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Vladimir Uspensky

Soviet and Russian mathematician, linguist, writer1930 to 2018

Wikidata names Andrey Kolmogorov as doctoral advisor, lists 25 doctoral students, and names Andrey Kolmogorov and Eugene Dynkin as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 6 other registers.

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Vladimir Uspensky, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

How to read the marksstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlex

Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata25

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

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

    Andrey Kolmogorov

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

    Eugene Dynkin

The line above and below4 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.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 43 people: 43 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.