Nikolai Pavlovich Barabashov (; ; March 30, 1894 – April 29, 1971) was a Soviet astronomer. Barabashov was born in

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(now

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). He graduated from

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in 1919; served as Director, Kharkiv Observatory, 1930; Professor, Kharkiv University, 1934; Rector, Kharkiv University, 1943-1946. He became a member of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences in 1948. He was a co-author of the ground breaking publication of the first pictures of the

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in 1961, called ''Atlas of the Other Side of the Moon''. Barabashov, crater on Mars, was named in his honor in 1973. 2883 Barabashov, a

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discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer

Nikolai Chernykh Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh ( rus, Никола́й Степа́нович Черны́х, , nʲɪkɐˈlaj sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrˈnɨx, links=yes; 6 October 1931 – 25 May 2004Казакова, Р.К. Памяти Николая Сте ...

, is named after him.

Honours and awards

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Astronomical Institute of Kharkiv National University

Академик Барабашов Николай Павлович
1894 births 1971 deaths Scientists from Kharkiv People from Kharkovsky Uyezd Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Fourth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Fifth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Soviet astronomers National University of Kharkiv alumni Academic staff of Kharkiv Observatory Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour {{Europe-astronomer-stub