Viktor Sadovnichiy

Viktor Sadovnichiy
Viktor Sadovnichiy
Виктор Садовничий
	Sadovnichiy in 2023
Born	3 April 1939; Krasnopavlovka, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet Union, Russian
Citizenship	Soviet Union, then Russian Federation
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Known for	Rector of Moscow State University
Awards	Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1980, 1986); USSR State Prize (1989); Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (1999, 2005, 2009); State Prize of the Russian Federation (2001); State Prize of the Russian Federation (2002); Order of the Rising Sun (2008); Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Rector of Moscow State University; Professor, Academic of Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Sciences in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichiy (Russian: Виктор Антонович Садовничий; born 3 April 1939) is a Russian mathematician, winner of the 1989 USSR State Prize, and since 1992 the rector of Moscow State University. One of the main opinion leaders in Russia, Sadovnichiy has significant political and social influence.