Igor Shafarevich

Igor Shafarevich
Born	Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich (1923-06-03)3 June 1923[1] Zhytomyr,[1] Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	19 February 2017(2017-02-19) (aged 93) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Known for	Shafarevich–Weil theorem, Golod–Shafarevich theorem, Shafarevich's theorem on solvable Galois groups, Grothendieck–Ogg–Shafarevich formula, Néron–Ogg–Shafarevich criterion
Awards	Leonard Euler Gold Medal (2017)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Lomonosov Moscow State University
Doctoral advisor	Boris Delaunay
Doctoral students	Igor Dolgachev Evgeny Golod Alexei Kostrikin Yuri Manin Boris Moishezon Aleksei Parshin Yuriy Drozd

Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich (Russian: И́горь Ростисла́вович Шафаре́вич; 3 June 1923 – 19 February 2017) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician who contributed to algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. Outside mathematics, he wrote books and articles that criticised socialism and other books which were described as anti-semitic.