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The main dates of Wassily Leontief’s life and activity

1906	Born in Munich, in two weeks the Leontief family moves back to Saint Petersburg
1919	The family is moved from their family house on the Krestovskiy Island; matriculation to the 27th Soviet Union Labor School
1921	A diploma of secondary education received; entrance to the social sciences department of Petrograd University
1922	Short detention for participation in meetings against expulsion of prominent scientists from Russia
1923	New publication (translation of K.Shefer’s book “Classical Systems of Currency Stabilization”
1924	Graduation from the Leningrad (former Petrograd ) University
1925	Departure to Germany for continuation of studies in the doctorate of Berlin University; the first original research published “Balance of National Economy of USSR»
1928	Defense of doctorate thesis on economics
1928-1929	Economic advisor of minister of railway transportation in China
1928, 1929-1931	Joins the Institute of World economics in University of Kiel
1931	Arrival in the USA, beginning of work at Harvard University
1932	Marries poet Estella Marks
1933	American citizenship received, beginning of development of input-output methodology
1936	Publication of research work “ Quantitative analysis of “Input-output” ratio in economic system of the United States”
1937	Publication of article “Blind” Theory. Methodological Critics of Neocambridge School”
1938	Publication of article “Modern Significance of Economic Theory of Marks”
1941	Publication of research “Structure of American Economy”
1943-1945	Works in Washington D.C. as chief of Russian economy department of strategic service
1944	The work on the first “Input –Output” table for the Department of Labor finished
1946	Coming back to the Harvard University and creation of the Centre of Economic Research
1948	Publication of article “To the Question of Pluralistic Interpretation of History and Problem of Interdisciplinary Cooperation”
1953	Chairs political economy department of Harvard University; the financing of work under “input-output” methodology stopped
1958	Renewal of cooperation with American state bodies, visit to the USSR
1963-1964	Publication of research “ Modern Technique of Economic Planning and Forecasting”
1969	Visit to Cuba
1970	Elected president of American Economic Association, visit to Japan to the conference on combating pollution of environment
1973	The Nobel Prize winner “For Development of Input-Output Methodology and Its Implementation to the Main Economic Problems” , start of work in the UN Socio- Economic Council, visit to China
1975	Moves to New York, becomes a professor at New York University
1976	Founds and heads the Institute of Economic Analysis
1977	Publication of research “The Future of the World Economy”
1979	The second visit to the USSR
1982	Resignation from the position of head of Institute of Economic Analysis
1989	Elected as honored doctor of Saint Petersburg State University
1990	Ceremonial presentation of diploma and cloak in the Petrovskiy (Senat) hall of Saint Petersburg State University
1993	Last visit to Russia
1999	Passes away in the New York city