Pyotr Novikov and Sofia Kovalevskaya had what career in common?
Pyotr Novikov Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov (Russian: Пётр Серге́евич Но́виков ; 15 August 1901, Moscow, Russian Empire – 9 January 1975, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet mathematician.
Alexey Surkov Alexey Alexandrovich Surkov (Russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Сурко́в , October 13, 1899 in Yaroslavl Province, Russian Empire – June 14, 1983 in Moscow, USSR) was a Russian Soviet poet, editor, literary critic and high-profile nomenklatura figure, the head of the Soviet Union of Writers in 1953–1959.