Inna Sergeyevna Shcherbina-Samoylova
Inna Sergeyevna Shcherbina-Samoylova was a Soviet and Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and specialist in information science. She made significant contributions to astronomical information science in the Soviet Union and Russia.
Early life and education
Shcherbina-Samoylova was born on 17 January 1922 in Moscow, Soviet Union. In 1940, she graduated with honors from Moscow Secondary School No. 518 and enrolled in the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow State University, specializing in astronomy.Military service
In May 1942, during World War II, Shcherbina-Samoylova joined the Red Army through a Komsomol mobilization. After completing a two-month course at the Field Post Office Administration, she was assigned to active duty in postal services, achieving the rank of junior lieutenant. In 1943, she was demobilized and resumed her studies at MSU.Academic and professional career
After graduating from MSU in 1947, Shcherbina-Samoylova worked at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute. From 1948 to 1951, she pursued postgraduate studies in astrophysics at MSU and, in 1952, defended her thesis, earning the degree of Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.Between 1951 and 1953, she lectured at the Moscow Planetarium. In April 1953, she began working at the All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, where she remained until December 2000, holding various research and editorial positions.
Shcherbina-Samoylova participated in expeditions to observe total solar eclipses, including ones near Buzuluk in 1961 and in Ossora, Kamchatka Krai in 1972. She was deputy editor-in-chief of the joint editorial board for abstract publications on astronomy and geodesy at VINITI, overseeing the publication of journals such as Astronomy and Geodesy and Aerial Photography.