Fedir Abramov

not to be confused with Fyodor Abramov

Fedir Abramov (March 21, 1904 in Lysychansk – December 5, 1982 in Dnipropetrovsk) was a Ukrainian geologist and mining specialist. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.

After graduating from the Dnipropetrovske Mining Institute in 1930, he lectured there and from 1962 he was employed by the Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. He is best known for his publications which specialise in the problem of ventilation in mine shafts and the air dynamics in shafts.

Biography

In 1930 he graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk Mining Institute and taught there. Since 1962 he has been working at the Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

From 1940 to 1969 (with a break in 1941-1944) he headed the Department of Aerology and Occupational Safety of the National Mining University.

A participant in the Second World War.

In 1952 he defended his doctoral dissertation, which was devoted to the study of aerodynamics of vertical shafts of mines with new types of reinforcement.

The department developed the techniques needed for the rapid construction of the Moscow metro in the 1950s.

Until 1982 he headed the department of mine aerogas and thermodynamics of the Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics.

References

• Encyclopedia of Ukraine