Date of Birth
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19-January-1912
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Place of Birth
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Saint Petersburg
(Russia, Northwestern Federal District)
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Nationality
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Soviet Union, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia
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Also know as
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Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich, L. V. Kantorovich
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Profession
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Scientist, Economist, Mathematician
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Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich was a Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1975 and the only winner of this prize from the USSR.
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