Adyan, S. I.; Uspenskij, V. A. An eminent graduate of Moscow State University. (Russian. English summary) Zbl 1043.01018 Istor.-Mat. Issled. (2) 7(42), 160-165 (2002). The graduate is Petr Sergeevich Novikov (1901–1975), a student of N. N. Lusin and eminent logician. The article shortly describes his life, university teaching and mathematical achievements (one of which is a solution of Burnside’s problem). No bibliography. Reviewer: Roman Duda (Wrocław) MSC: 01A60 History of mathematics in the 20th century 01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies Keywords:Russian mathematician Biographic References: Novikov, Petr Sergeevich PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{S. I. Adyan} and \textit{V. A. Uspenskij}, Istor.-Mat. Issled. (2) 7(42), 160--165 (2002; Zbl 1043.01018)