Talk:Maxim Kontsevich

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[edit] Birthplace

Where is his birthplace? --Sheynhertz_געשׁ״ך 03:19, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Khimki (Russian: Химки) near Moscow - the name relates to Chemistry, because Khimki is a one of the centers of chemical production in Russia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sheynhertz-Unbayg (talk • contribs) 03:19, 25 November 2005.

The name Khimki isn't related to chemistry, but to small river Khimka. Khimki never was a centre of chemical production. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lie-G (talk • contribs) 19:04, 5 May 2006.

[edit] Relatives

Kontsevich is an uncommon name --- I'm guessing he has some relation to Lev Kontsevich, the scholar of Korean studies? (The guy who created the Kontsevich system for transcribing Korean words into Russian). Anyone got a source? cab 09:26, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Evidence for it: his patronymic starts with an "L" [1], and [2] describes his father as "an expert on Korean language and history". But nothing concrete yet. cab 01:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, an anon added it in that he's Lev's son [3], though I don't see any reliable source for it. I guess the fact that his patronymic is Львович can be sourced [4], so it doesn't seem like much of a leap. cab 18:08, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

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