Pavel Shternberg

Pavel Shternberg
Па́вел Ште́рнберг
Born	(1865-04-02)2 April 1865 Oryol, Russian Empire
Died	1 February 1920(1920-02-01) (aged 54) Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Nationality	Imperial Russia Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Alma mater	Imperial Moscow University Moscow State University
Spouse	Varvara Yakovleva
Awards	Medal of the Russian Geographical Society
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	Moscow State University
Academic advisors	Fyodor Bredikhin

Pavel Karlovich Shternberg (Russian: Павел Карлович Штернберг; April 2, [O.S. March 21] 1865 – February 1, 1920, both dates New Style) was a Russian professor, academic, astronomer, Bolshevik and revolutionary of German decent. Shternberg contributed to the abolition of the Tsarist government by Alexander Kerensky during the February Revolution of 1917. He was an acquaintance of two notable revolutionaries, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.