Pavel Fyodorovich Ipatov was a Russian economist and financial scientist, the vice-rector of the Moscow Institute of Finance, PhD in economics, professor.
Biography
Ipatov was born in Chernigov Governorate in 1914 into a worker's family. After losing his parents early in his childhood, Pavel was brought up in the family of an older brother in Schelkovo, Moscow Oblast From 1930 to 1933 he studied at the Power Engineering College, after graduation he worked as an electrician in a felt factory. In 1936, he was drafted into the Red Army and served as a Red Army man in the artillery regiment of the 1st Moscow Proletariat Red Banner Rifle Division. In 1937–1938, after demobilization, he continued to work at the same factory. In 1938–1939, he became the head of the Komsomol town committee in Schelkovo. In 1940–1941, he was a student at the All-Union Financial Academy in Leningrad. In August 1941, he voluntarily went to the front of the World War II. He took part in the battles on Southern, Don and 2nd Belorussian fronts, participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. Demobilized again, he studied in 1946–1949 at the Moscow Finance Institute, which he graduated with honors. There is a book named “People of Russian Science” in the Museum of the History of the Financial University – stored as a gift to the graduate Ipatov with an inscription at the top of the title page made by Nikolai Rovinsky, the director of the Institute: “To comrade Ipatov for his excellent study and notable public activities at the Institute, 12.3.1949”. Upon graduation, he had been accepted to the Institute's graduate school. In 1954, Ipatov became PhD in economics. He served at the Department of Finance as a senior lecturer, then as an assistant professor and a professor. From 1957 to 1985, Pavel Ipatov served as Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at the Moscow Finance Institute. For several years, he chaired the Council for the award of scientific degrees and supervised graduate students as well as conducted research work. Ipatov was the author of over 20 scientific works on the finances of the USSR and the state budget. He was also engaged in public activities. He died in Moscow in 1994.
