On the 110th anniversary of Vyacheslav Grigorievich Zdanovich

The article is devoted to the 110th anniversary of professor Vyacheslav G. Zdanovich, an outstanding Soviet mine- and land surveyor, photogrammetrist and specialist in mathematical processing of geodetic measurements. He made his career from worker to professor, went through the Great Patriotic War as a member of the 75th geodetic unit. V. G. Zdanovich was an active researcher in Leningrad Mining Institute (LGI) and the Aerial Methods Laboratory of the USSR Science Academy, and left a significant number of scientific works. At the LGI he lectured a course of Geodesy, conducted astronomical and geodetic practice, and was the author of a large number of teaching aids and a textbook on Surveying. Hard scientific, educational, organizational and public work harmed his health and he passed away at the age of 55 in 1971. This article is the first one to present the full biography of Vyacheslav Grigorievich, based on archival sources, newspaper publications and memoires of his apprentices