Yury Osipov

Yury Osipov
Юрий Осипов
President of the Russian Academy of Sciences
In office
17 December 1991  29 May 2013
Preceded byGury Marchuk
Succeeded byVladimir Fortov
Personal details
Born (1936-07-07) 7 July 1936
Tobolsk, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussia
NationalityRussian
Alma materUral State University
ProfessionMathematician

Yury Sergeyevich Osipov (Russian: Ю́рий Серге́евич О́сипов; born 7 July 1936) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He was elected a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1987 and was a president of its successor, the Russian Academy of Sciences from 17 December 1991 to 29 May 2013.