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	Topics Sofya Yanovskaya Topic Home Sofya Aleksandrovna Yanovskaya (also Janovskaja; ; January 31 1896 – October 24 1966) was a mathematicianMathematician A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics.... and historianHistorian A historian is someone who writes history, and history is a written accounting of the past.... , specializing in the history of mathematicsHistory of mathematics The word "mathematics" comes from the Greek ???a which means "science, knowledge, or learning"; a??at???? means "fond of learnin... , mathematical logicMathematical logic Summary Mathematical logic is a subfield of mathematics that is concerned with formal systems in relation to the way that they encod... , and philosophy of mathematicsFacts About Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions, foundations, and implicati... . She is best known for her efforts of restoring mathematical logic research in the USSR and publishing and editing mathematical works of Karl MarxKarl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx was an immensely influential German philosopher, political economist, and socialist revolutionary.... . Biography Yanovskaya was born in PruzhanyPruzhany Pruzhany is a town in Brest Voblast, Belarus.... , a village near BrestBrest, Belarus Brest, formerly Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk, is a city in Belarus close to the Polish border where the W... , to a JewJew Jews are followers of Judaism or, more generally, members of the Jewish people , an ethno-religious group descended from th... ish family of accountant Alexander Neimark. From 1914 to 1918 she studied in a woman's college in OdessaOdessa name = Odessa\| coa = Odesa emblem.gif\| motto =... , when she became a communist. She worked as a party official until 1924, when she started teaching at the so called Red Professor's Institute. With exception of the war years (1941–1943), she worked at Moscow State UniversityMoscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University is the largest and arguably the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755.... until retirement. She received her doctoral degree in 1935. Her work on Karl MarxKarl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx was an immensely influential German philosopher, political economist, and socialist revolutionary.... 's mathematical manuscripts began in 1930s and made a big impact on the study of non-standard analysisFacts About Non-standard analysis Non-standard analysis is a branch of mathematics that formulates analysis using a rigorous notion of infinitesimal, where an... , especially in ChinaChina China is a cultural region and ancient civilization in East Asia.... (see Dauben's article). In the academia she is most remembered now for her work on history and philosophy of mathematics, as well as for her influence on young generation of researchers. She persuaded Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking works to contemporary... when he was visiting USSR in 1935 to give up his idea to relocate to the USSR. For her work, Yanovskaya received the Order of LeninOrder of Lenin "190"\|'\|-\|* Companies** Pravda* People... and other medals. She died from diabetesDiabetes mellitus Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by persistent hyperglycemia .... in MoscowMoscow Moscow is the capital of Russia and the country's principal political, economic, financial, educational, and transportation... . External links , Agnes Scott CollegeAgnes Scott College name = Agnes Scott College\|native_name =... and of S.A. Yanovskaya, by Boris A. Kushner (in Russian). a review of Yanovskaya's monograph – an article by B.V. Biryukov and O.A. Borisova (in Russian). – and article by Valentin A. BazhanovValentin A. Bazhanov Valentin A. Bazhanov is a professor, chairperson of Philosophy Department at Ulyanovsk State University, Russia.... , History and Philosophy of Logic, Volume 22, Number 3, 2001, 129-133.