Shturman Grigory Isaevich (1903-1964)

Shturman Grigory Isaevich (1903 — 19.06.1964, Riga) — Honored Scientist and Engineer of the Latvian SSR, laureate of the USSR State Prize. In 1920—1924 he studied at the Kharkiv Technological Institute. In 1924—1930 he worked as a designer at the Kharkiv Electromechanical Plant and as a teacher at an evening workers' polytechnic college. In 1930—1950 — associate professor at the Kharkiv Electrotechnical Institute, professor, head of the department of electrical machines, and deputy director of the institute for scientific affairs. In 1950—1964 — head of the department of aviation electrical machines at the Riga Aviation School and at the Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers named after the Leninist Komsomol; at the same time he worked at the Institute of Power Engineering of the Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR. Member of the CPSU from 1957; a major scholar in the field of electrical engineering. He published 76 printed works, and created a new direction in electrical machine engineering. Under G. Shturman's leadership the theory and design of inductor-current electric motors was developed, for which in 1963 he was awarded the honorary title “Honored Scientist and Engineer of the Latvian SSR” and the USSR State Prize. He is the author of six inventions, and was a personal pensioner.

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