Mstistlavs Keldišs - Riga, Latvia
N 56° 57.012 E 024° 06.908
35V E 324546 N 6315546
This bust of Mstistlavs Keldišs (or Mstislav Keldysh), a Soviet scientist, is located in Bastejkalns parks (English: Bastion Park) in Riga, Latvia.
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Location: Latvia
Date Posted: 10/03/2015
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ABOUT THE STATUE:
The larger than life size bronze bust of Mstistlavs Keldišs depicts him in what appears to be a suit coat, dress shirt, and tie. His hair reaches to his ears and is a bit poofy on top. The bust was created by sculptor Levs Bukovskis in 1978. The rectangular stone plinth is about 5 feet in height and has an inscription in both Latvian and Russian on it. The Latvian text reads:
Socialistiska
Darba Varonis
Akademikis
MSTISLAVS
KELDIŠS
par Seviskiem
Nopelniem Zinatnes
un Tehnikas
Attistišana
Ppasaule-pirma
Cilveka Pilotejama
Kosmosa Kuga
'Vostok' Palaišana
un Sekmigaja
Palaišana ar
PSRS Augstakas
Padomes Prezidija
1961. Gada 17. Junija
Dekretu Apbalvots
ar Otro Zelta
Medalu
"Sirpis un Amurs"
[ENGLISH TRANSLATION]
The Hero
of Socialist
Labor Academician
Keldysh
Mstislav
Vsevolodovich
for the Special
Contribution to the Development
of Science and Technology
the Construction
and Successful
Launch of the First
Manned Spacecraft
of the World
"Vostok"
At Decree
of the Presidium
of the High
Soviet of the USSR
17 June 1961
was Awarded the
Second Gold
Medal
"Hammer and Sickle"
ABOUT THE MAN:
"Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (10 February [O.S. 28 January] 1911 – 24 June 1978) was a Soviet scientist in the field of mathematics and mechanics, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946), President of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1961–1975), three times Hero of Socialist Labor (1956, 1961, 1971), fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1968). He was one of the key figures behind Soviet space program. Among scientific circles of USSR Keldysh was known with epithet "the Chief Theoretician" in analogy with epithet "the Chief Designer" used for Sergey Korolyov."
-- Wikipedia