The 150th Anniversary of Academician Vladimir Nikolaevich Obraztsov (biography and bibliography)

Abstract

The cites of Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Rtishchev have streets named after Obraztsov. Many are sure that these streets got their name in honour of the great puppeteer Sergey Obraztsov. But in fact, it was not the wonderful actor who was immortalised in the toponymy of Russian cities, but his father, Academician Vladimir Nikolaevich Obraztsov, an outstanding scientist in the field of transport, who proudly called himself a «Rtishchev railwayman».

The former Bakhmetyevskaya street in Moscow, where the Obraztsov family lived, still bears the name of the railway academician. It is impossible to imagine modern Moscow without this surname. Obraztsov Street still leads to knowledge, to introduction of new technologies in construction of railways and, ultimately, to progress. It is no coincidence that Russian University of Transport (MIIT), which has traditionally developed exemplary traditions laid by Obraztsov, has its campus located on Obraztsov Street.

Academician Obraztsov had an amazing gift - he knew how to talk simply about complex things - therefore he was considered a wonderful teacher, a favourite of students, and his scientific works have not yet lost their relevance.

The main scientific works of Vladimir Nikolaevich are devoted to railways, their history, their present and future. Obraztsov understood that over time the role of transport would only grow, and proposed solutions, considering the inevitable changes. The life of Professor Obraztsov is inextricably linked to his students, his ideas, his business trips...

He knew the railway very well and loved it. And he believed that it was train lines that would help Russia become an advanced country.

The article provides a bibliographic list of V.N. Obraztsov's works and a list of the largest projects he implemented.