— Georgiy Nikolaevich Pio-Ulsky
Place of work:
Technical School of the Maritime Department
Institute of Railway Engineers
Petersburg Polytechnic Institute
University of BelgradeAlma Mater:
Technical School of the Maritime DepartmentAwards and Prizes:
Order of St. Anne I degree
Order of St. Stanislav I degree
Order of St. Vladimir III degreeBiography:
Pio-Ulsky Georgiy Nikolaevich (1864 – 1938) – a scientist in the field of mechanics and heat engineering, the initiator of the introduction of turbines in the sea fleet, the Georgiy Nikolaevich Pio-Ulsky general-lieutenant.Georgiy Nikolaevich Pio-Ulsky was born on 24 January 1864 in Pskov.
He studied at the Pskov men’s gymnasium, secondary education completed in Vvedensky Gymnasium of St Petersburg.
In 1884 he graduated from the Technical School of the Maritime Department in Kronstadt.
In 1890 year he graduated on the first category of the mechanical department of Nikolaev Marine Academy and promoted to assistant senior engineer – mechanic. In 1891 he was sent to Sweden to receive the marine engines of mine transports «Дунай» (Danube) and «Буг» (Bug).
From 1891 to 1896 he was a teacher of mathematics and theory of materials resistance of the Technical School of the Maritime Department.
From 1896 he taught at the Department of Steam Engines of the Imperial Institute of Railway Engineers . In this chair Pio-Ulsky equipped the first in a Russian laboratory for testing of steam machines. Since 1913 – an extraordinary professor (professor without post) Department of steam machines and foundations machine-building institute.
In 1897 he was promoted to the rank of Senior Engineer Mechanic.
In 1900, Pio-Ulsky created a “pneumograph” for recording the breath of a diver.
The 1903 year became the first head of the department of marine steam mechanisms shipbuilding department Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute named after Petra Velikogo. In 1906 he was elected professor of the shipbuilding department of the Polytechnic Institute. From 1914, Honored Professor of the Institute.
In 1905 he was promoted to the rank of Engineer Mechanic Colonel; 10 on April 1911 he was promoted to Engineer Mechanics General Major.
Pio-Ulsky his teaching and research work combined with practical work in the shipbuilding plants . In 1912-1915 he worked as a consultant and designer in the Baltic plant in St Petersburg. Among his developments was a project carried out in conjunction with the engineers of the plant “Brown -Bowery” steam turbines for the cruisers “Kinburn” and “Izmail”, displacement of 32500 tons.
In 1914-1918 he served as chief of the mechanical department of the central technical laboratory of the Ministry of War.
After the October revolution of 1917 Pio-Ulsky moved from Petrograd to Novocherkassk, where he worked as a professor of the Don Polytechnic Institute.
In 1919 he took part in the creation of a new North – Kuban Polytechnic Institute in the city of Ekaterinodar (now Krasnodar).
In 1920 General-Lieutenant Pio-Ulsky left Russia and moved to Belgrade
Emigration:
From 1920 he worked as an extraordinary professor of the technical faculty of the Belgrade University . At the Technical Department of the University , the Museum of Machines was created, attracting large European machine – building plants to work on its equipment.In 1928 he became one of the organizers of the Russian Scientific Institute in Belgrade, where he headed the department of mathematical and technical sciences, worked in the editorial commission, and from 1928 to 1934 he was a friend of the chairman of the board.
As for many years he held the post of chairman of the Union of Russian engineers in Yugoslavia . At his direct participation of the Union published technical magazine “Engineer” in the Russian language.
He was a member of the Federation of Engineers – Slavs. He remained an irreconcilable opponent of Bolshevism, objected to all cooperation with representatives of the USSR. When it was found out that his works were published in the USSR, Pio-Ulsky left the post of chairman of the Union of Russian engineers and then quit from the Russian scientific institute (remaining an honorary member).
He was an honorary member of the Union of Russian Engineers in France and honorary chairman of the Association of Former Students of the Marine Engineering School, and was in charge of student affairs at the State Commission on the Assignment of Fellowships and Allowances.
He died in Belgrade on 12 August (according to other data – on 15 August) 1938. The Yugoslav government ordered to honor his memory by giving him military honors as a Russian officer. He was buried in the New Cemetery of Belgrade.
The genus of Pio-Ulsky dates back to the 11th century, comes from the Polish gentry. Voevoda Ulsky joined the Russian Tsar in 1609. An unusual prefix to the name “Pio” in Latin means “Pious”, it was given to one of my ancestors by Pope Paul the Fifth during his trip to Poland under King Sigismund the Third for the fact that my great-great-grandfather saved Sigismund’s daughter. Until the XIX century Pio-Uhl were Catholics, but in 1857 my great-grandfather Nikolai Egorovich married the daughter of the Pskov leader of the nobility, Princess Ekaterina Fedorovna Glebovo-Shakhovskaya, and by law, all descendants of the Russian aristocratic family were supposed to be Orthodox.
[Source: Konstantin Antonievich Pio-Ulsky]Father – Pio – Ulsky Nikolai Egorovich – a teacher of mathematics and cosmology, the inspector, and with 1861 the year – the director of the Pskov male provincial gymnasium.
Mother – Princess Ekaterina Feodorovna (Glebovo – Shakhovskaya), daughter of the Pskov leader of the nobility.
Wife – Pio-Ulskaya Natalia Antonovna (28.12.1936).
Daughter – Galli
Daughter – Maria
Son – Vladimir Georgievich (1888-1965). He graduated from the Naval Engineering School and the Pavlov Military School. Colonel. In the emigration, he served in the Russian Corps. After 1945 – in the USA. He died in Lakewood (USA).
Son – Antoniy Georgievich (1894-1956), colonel of artillery, member of the First World War, fought in VSYUR, emigrated from Russia, died in New York. Was married to Alexandra Nikolaevna (1901-1995) in 1917 – sister Mercy 3rd regiment Kornilov Strike division.
Grandson – Konstantin Antonievich Pio-Ulsky (born 1935) Engineer-mechanic, virtuoso-balalaika, photographer-portrait.
[Source: АКАДЕМИК — translated by Google]