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A Soviet mathematician, member of the USSR Academy of Sciences Lev Pontryagin. He lost eyesight in accident at the age of 14.
- Categories: Lifestyle & Leisure, Science & Technology
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 01.04.1962
- Date published: 15.02.2010
- Author: D. Sorokin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: A118425, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 4889x3006px, 2.6Mb