Vasily Sergeevich Nemchinov

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Vasily S. Nemchinov
Born January 2, 1894(1894-01-02)
Flag of Russia Grabovo, Penzenskaya Guberniya, Imperial Russia
Died November 5, 1964 (aged 70)
Flag of the Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Fields Economics and Mathematics
Institutions Central Economic Mathematical Institute

Vasily Sergeevich Nemchinov (Russian: Василий Cергеевич Немчинов (January 2, 1894 - November 5, 1964) was a Soviet economist and mathematician. Nemchinov is credited with introducing mathematical methods into Soviet economics, thus creating a scientific basis for central planning.

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[edit] Biography

Nemchinov was born in Grabovo, a village about 20 km north of Penza in at was the Penzenskaya Guberniya of Imperial Russia. He attended secondary school in Chelyabinsk until 1913. He then studied at the economics department of the Moscow Institute of Commerce (Russian: Московский коммерческий институт). After graduation in 1917 he began to work as an economist and statistician for the local government in the Chelyabinsk district.

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  • "On the Statistical Study of Rural Class Stratification", 1926, Bulleting of Urals Regional Statistical Admin.
  • "Experience from the Classification of Peasant Households", Vestnik statistiki.
  • The Use of Mathematics in Economics, 3 volumes, 1959-65.
  • Methods and Models of Mathematical Economics, 1967-9.
  • Selected Works, 1967-9.

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NAME Nemchinov, Vasily S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Russian Economist
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Imperial Russia
DATE OF DEATH November 5, 1964
PLACE OF DEATH Moscow, Soviet Union