# Mikheil Vashakidze

> Mikheil Alexandres dze Vashakidze was a Soviet astronomer, who worked in the Abastumani astrophysical observatory (Georgia) from 1936 to 1956. He and Victor Alekseyevich Dombrovsky both discovered independently the polarized nature of radiation from the Crab Nebula in 1952 and 1953, which was caused by synchrotron radiation.

*Soviet and Georgian astronomer (1909-1956)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1909-08-15
- **Died:** 1956-11-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Вашакідзе Михайло Олександрович](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Michail Alexandrowitsch Waschakidse](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Alexandrowitsch_Waschakidse)
- [Mikheil Vashakidze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Vashakidze)
- [Mijaíl Vashakidze](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mija%C3%ADl_Vashakidze)
- [Միխեիլ Վաշակիձե](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%AD%D5%A5%D5%AB%D5%AC_%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%AB%D5%B1%D5%A5)
- [მიხეილ ვაშაკიძე](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94)
- [Вашакидзе, Михаил Александрович](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2032162)

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