SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™

Aleksander Burba

1918-08-06 – 1984-10-05

Photo of Aleksander Adolfovich Burba, made about 1968 at Mednogorsk.Credit: Георгий Елизаров

Life & Legacy

Aleksander Adolfovich Burba (Russian: Алекса́ндр Адо́льфович Бу́рба, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐˈdolʲfəvʲɪdʑ ˈburbə] ; 6 August 1918 – 5 October 1984) was a Soviet organizer of industry and education, scholar of chemical and metallurgical technologies, and university professor. He served as the Director of the Mednogorsk Copper-Sulfur Plant (1954–1971) and the first Rector (founder) of the Orenburg Polytechnic Institute (now Orenburg State University). Burba was named an Honorary Citizen of Mednogorsk, Orenburg Oblast, in 1979.

Occupation & Career

inventor, metallurgist, chemist, engineer

Education

Rostov State University

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Order of Lenin; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Badge of Honour; Medal "For Distinguished Labour"; Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"; Medal "Veteran of Labour"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; VDNKh bronze medal; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal VDNKh; Socialist competition winner award

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" · Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Medal "For Distinguished Labour" · Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" · Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Medal "Veteran of Labour" · Medal VDNKh · Order of Lenin · Order of the Badge of Honour · Order of the October Revolution · Socialist competition winner award · VDNKh bronze medal