Elena Venttsel

1907 - 2002

country of citizenship: Soviet Union

languages spoken, written or signed: Russian

educated at: Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University, Moscow State University, Saint Petersburg State University

occupation: mathematician, writer, university teacher

award received: Order of Friendship of Peoples

Elena Sergeevna Ventsel (Russian: Еле́на Серге́евна Ве́нтцель; maiden name Dolgintseva, 21 March 1907, Reval — 15 April 2002, Moscow), known by the pen name Irina Grekova (often shortened to I. Grekova, this pen name is a pun on y in mathematics, which sounds in russian as "igrek"), was a Soviet writer and mathematician. She held a Ph.D. in mathematics, and wrote several influential textbooks on probability theory, game theory, and operations research. Source: Wikipedia (en)