Feodosy Krasovsky

Feodosy Krasovsky studied at Konstantinovsky Surveying Institute. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is astronomy and geodesy. Employment is recorded with Konstantinovsky Surveying Institute and Central Scientific Research Institute of Geodesy, Aerial Surveying and Cartography. Distinctions recorded are State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".

• Name — Feodosy Nikolayevich Krasovsky • Native Name — Феодосий Николаевич Красовский • Born — 26 September [O.S. 14 September] 1878 • Birthplace — Galich, Russian Empire • Died — October 1, 1948 • Place of death — Moscow, Soviet Union • Education — Mezhevoy (land surveying) Institute (Moscow) • Occupation — Astronomer and geodesist

At the end of 1928 the Central Research Institute of Geodesy, Aerial Surveying and Cartography (TsNIIGAiK) was founded on his initiative; he worked there as a director (1928–1930) and as a deputy director of science (1930–1937). Between 1924 and 1930 Krasovsky headed astronomical, geodetical and cartographical works in the Soviet Union. He worked out the theory and methods of construction of the national geodetical network of the USSR and solved related problems of topography and gravimetry works. Krasovsky and another Soviet geodesist, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Izotov, in 1940 defined dimensions of an ellipsoid which was named the Krasovsky ellipsoid and was later used as a reference ellipsoid in the Soviet Union and other countries until the 1990s. In 1939 Krasovsky became the Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. Krasovsky died in Moscow in 1948.

Feodosy Krasovsky is recorded as having received State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, Order of Lenin and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.