Pavel Ipatov

Pavel Fyodorovich Ipatov (; 1914–1994) was a Russian economist and financial scientist, the vice-rector of the Moscow Institute of Finance (1957–1985), 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. from 1937 to 1938, after demobilization, he continued to work at the same factory. from 1938 to 1939, he became the head of the Komsomol town committee in Schelkovo. from 1940 to 1941, he was a student at the All-Union Financial Academy (later on, Finance and Economic Institute) in Leningrad. In August 1941, he voluntarily went to the front of World War II. He took part in the battles on Southern, Don and 2nd Belorussian fronts, participated in the Battle of Stalingrad.