# Feodosy Krasovsky

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Feodosy_Krasovsky
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Feodosy_Krasovsky.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodosy_Krasovsky
> Source revision: 1325585508
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Soviet astronomer and geodesist

Feodosy Nikolayevich Krasovsky Феодосий Николаевич Красовский Born 26 September [O.S. 14 September] 1878 Galich, Russian Empire Died October 1, 1948 Moscow, Soviet Union Education Mezhevoy (land surveying) Institute (Moscow) Occupations Astronomer and geodesist

**Feodosy Nikolayevich Krasovsky** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Феодосий Николаевич Красовский; 26 September [[O.S.](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates) 14 September] 1878 – October 1, 1948) was a Russian and Soviet [astronomer](/source/Astronomer) and [geodesist](/source/Geodesist).[1] He was born in [Galich](/source/Galich%2C_Russia). In 1900 he graduated from the *Mezhevoy* (land surveying) *Institute* in [Moscow](/source/Moscow); in 1907 he began working as a lecturer there.[2]

## Research work

At the end of 1928 the *[Central Research Institute of Geodesy, Aerial Surveying and Cartography](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Research_Institute_of_Geodesy,_Aerial_Surveying_and_Cartography&action=edit&redlink=1)* (TsNIIGAiK) was founded on his initiative; he worked there as a director (1928–1930) and as a deputy director of science (1930–1937). Between 1924 and 1930 Krasovsky headed astronomical, [geodetical](/source/Geodesy) and [cartographical](/source/Cartography) works in the Soviet Union. He worked out the theory and methods of construction of the national geodetical network of the USSR and solved related problems of [topography](/source/Topography) and [gravimetry](/source/Gravimetry) works.[3] Krasovsky and another Soviet geodesist, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Izotov, in 1940 defined dimensions of an [ellipsoid](/source/Ellipsoid) which was named the [Krasovsky ellipsoid](/source/SK-42_reference_system) and was later used as a [reference ellipsoid](/source/Reference_ellipsoid) in the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) and other countries until the 1990s.[4]

In 1939 Krasovsky became the Corresponding Member of the [Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union](/source/Academy_of_Sciences_of_the_Soviet_Union).

Krasovsky died in [Moscow](/source/Moscow) in 1948.

## Awards

- [Stalin Prize](/source/USSR_State_Prize) (1943, 1952 – posthumously)

- [Order of Lenin](/source/Order_of_Lenin) (1945)

- [Order of the Red Banner of Labour](/source/Order_of_the_Red_Banner_of_Labour)

In 2024 the Government of the Russian Federation established a prize in the field of geodesy and cartography in honor of Feodosiy Nikolaevich Krasovsky.[5]

## See also

- [SK-42 reference system](/source/SK-42_reference_system)

## Citations and notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** p.25, Farbman

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** p.496, Gillispie

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Guelke

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** p.464, The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Кабмин учредил премию в области геодезии и картографии имени Феодосия Красовского"](https://tass.ru/obschestvo/20540809). *TACC* (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-11-27.

## References

- Gillispie Coulston, Charles, *Dictionary of Scientific Biography*, v.7, American Council of Learned Societies, Scribner, 1972

- [Farbman, Michael](/source/Michael_S._Farbman), *Europa*, Europa publications limited, 1930

- *Surveying and Mapping: quarterly publication of American Congress on Surveying and Mapping*, v.23, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, United States Superintendent of Documents, Superintendent of Documents, 1963

- Guelke, Leonard, *Cartographica*, York University (Toronto, Ont.), Department of Geography, Canadian Cartographic Association, University of Toronto Press, 1971

## External links

Media related to [Feodosy Krasovsky](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Feodosy_Krasovsky) at Wikimedia Commons

Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National Russia Poland People Deutsche Biographie DDB

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Feodosy Krasovsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodosy_Krasovsky) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodosy_Krasovsky?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.