Pavel Petrovich Parenago All-Russian Astronomical Conference ‘Stellar Systems’

摘要

This issue is dedicated to the proceedings of the conference held at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (Moscow, Russia) from 24 to 26 May 2006 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Professor P.P. Parenago.Pavel Petrovich Parenago, a famous Soviet astronomer, a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and one of the founders of the Moscow School of Galactic astronomy, was born on 20 March 1906 (Gregorian calendar) in Krasnodar. He developed a great interest in astronomy and started regular binocular and field-glass observations at a young age. P.P. Parenago graduated from the Department of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow State University in 1929, although he had been a staff researcher of the Main Astrophysical Institute (GAFI) since 1925.