2071 Nadezhda
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2071 Nadezhda is an asteroid
. It was discovered on August 18, 1971 by T. M. Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
. It was named after Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869–1939) for her role as one of the creators of the Soviet public education system
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Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It was discovered on August 18, 1971 by T. M. Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory is located in Ukraine. CrAO has been publishing the Bulletin of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory since 1947, in English since 1977. The observatory facilities are located near the settlement of Nauchny since the mid-1950s; before that, they were further...
. It was named after Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869–1939) for her role as one of the creators of the Soviet public education system
Education in the Soviet Union
Education in the Soviet Union was organized in a highly centralized government-run system. Its advantages were total access for all citizens and post-education employment...
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