{{Short description|Russian electrical engineer}} '''Vladimir Nikolaevich Chikolev''' (23 July 23 [4 August], 1845, Peski - 22 February [6 March], 1898, St Petersburg) was a Russian scientist who specialised in electrical engineering.<ref name="GSE">{{cite web |title=Vladimir Chikolev |url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Vladimir+Chikolev |website=TheFreeDictionary.com |publisher=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). |access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref> He founded the company Elektrotekhnik.

He attended the Moscow Alexander Orphan Military School, before becoming a volunteer at the Imperial Moscow University where he attracted the attention of Professor Jakov Tsvetkov of the Petrovsk Agricultural Academy who appointed him as an assistant.<ref name="EDBE:Chikolev">Chikolev, Vladimir Nikolaevich, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1903)</ref>

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