Vasily Sergeyevich Nemchinov (Russian: Василий Cергеевич Немчинов; 14 January 1894 – 5 November 1964) was a Soviet and Russian economist and mathematician. Nemchinov is credited with introducing mathematical methods into Soviet economics, thus creating a scientific basis for central planning.
Vasily Nemchinov | |
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Василий Немчинов | |
| Born | Vasily Sergeyevich Nemchinov 14 January 1894 |
| Died | 5 November 1964 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics, mathematics |
| Institutions | Central Economic Mathematical Institute |
Biography
editNemchinov was born in Grabovo. He attended secondary school in Chelyabinsk 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 local government in the Chelyabinsk Oblast.
Works
edit- "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
edit- Three Orders of Lenin (1939, 1946, 1964)
- Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1940, 1944)
- Order of the Red Star (1945)
- Stalin Prize (1946)
- Honorary member of the Royal Statistical Society (1961)
- Lenin Prize (1965, posthumously)