Lev Belkind


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Lev Davidovich Belkind was a Soviet scientist, engineer and historian; author of numerous publications on the history of science and technology.
His academic activity is associated with the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, where he has founded the department of Lighting Engineering in the Physics-Energy Faculty in 1932. In 1937, he became the first dean of the faculty of Electro-Physics upon its formation. Later he has headed the department of History of Engineering
Fluent in Russian, English, French and German, and knowledgeable in additional languages, Prof. Belkind was a prominent researcher and collector of materials on the history of science and technology, both Russian and International. He was considered an authority in the field of scientific history, being an author of unique biographical research work of a number of influential figures in the Russian science.
In recognition of his scientific achievements and contribution he was awarded the "Honored Scientist and Technologist" title. by the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

Partial list of works and publications

Biographical Books

Technical Dictionaries

  • English-Russian tank dictionary
  • English-Russian dictionary on caoutchouc and rubber, Yashunskaya F.I., Chief Editor: L.D. Belkind
  • English-Russian Polytechnical Dictionary
  • French-Russian Polytechnical Dictionary
  • German-Russian Hydrotechnical Dictionary
  • International Electro-Technical Dictionary
  • International dictionary of lighting engineering, Russian-English-French-German
  • German-Russian Chemico-Technological Dictionary
  • English-Russian Dictionary of Machine Elements

Books on the History of Science and Technology

Articles Published in Collections of Works by Different Authors

  • Collection of works on the History of Technology, #3, 1953, Aleksandr Ilyich Shpakovski
  • Collection of works on the History of Technology, #6, 1953,
  • "Figures in Russian Science" Articles about prominent figures in science
  • Co-editor and author of articles in the Technical Encyclopedia, published in 1927

Autobiography

Publications about Prof. Belkind by other authors

  • In memory of Lev Davidovich Belkind, G. I. Ashkenazi, Svetotekhnika Journal №8, 1986
  • Historian of Technology L.D. Belkind and his written legacy, M. V. Kalashnikova, VIET Journal #3, 1998