{{Short description|Russian mathematician (born 1951)}} {{distinguish|Boris Khesin}} {{Infobox scientist |name = Boris Kashin |birth_date = {{birth date|1951|7|3}} | image = Boris Kashin.jpg |birth_place = [[Moscow]], [[RSFSR]] |fields = |workplaces = [[Steklov Mathematical Institute]], [[MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics]] |alma_mater = [[MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics]] |awards = [[Kolmogorov Prize]] (2012) }} [[File:Boris Kashin math lecture 2021.JPG|thumb|Lecture by Boris Kashin at the [[Karelian Research Centre of RAS|Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences]], 2021]] '''Boris Sergeevich Kashin''' ({{langx|ru|Борис Сергеевич Кашин}}; born July 3, 1951, in [[Moscow]]) is a Russian mathematician,<ref name="a" /> Academician of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] (since 2011),<ref name="a">[[Russian Academy of Sciences]] [http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_per.asp?P=.id-230.ln-ru.dl-.pr-inf.uk-0 official site] (in Russian)</ref> [[Doktor nauk|Doctor of Sciences]],<ref name="a" /> Professor at the [[MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics]].<ref name="a" /> Member of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation]] since 2000.
He graduated from the [[MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics]] in 1973. And then entered to the [[Steklov Mathematical Institute]], where he currently works.<ref name="a" />
In 1976 he defended his [[Candidate of Sciences|Candidate]]'s Dissertation. In 1977 he defended his doctoral dissertation. In 1990 he received the title of Professor.
Member of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] since 1980. He was elected a corresponding member of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] in 1997.<ref name="a" />
He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal ''[[Matematicheskii Sbornik]]''.<ref name="a" />
In 2012, as a deputy of the [[State Duma]], Kashin was among the initiators of the bill of the [[Dima Yakovlev Law|Dima Yakovlev law]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/library/news/2012/12/18/225962-kto-iz-deputatov-i-senatorov-initsiiroval-zakonoproekt-v-piku-aktu-magnitskogo|title=Кто из депутатов и сенаторов инициировал законопроект в пику "Акту Магнитского"|last=Vedomosti|date=2012-12-18|website=www.vedomosti.ru|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref>
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