Editing Pyotr Novikov (section)

==Career==
Novikov worked at the [[Moscow D. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology]] from 1929 until 1934, when he joined the Department of Real Function Theory at the [[Steklov Institute of Mathematics]]. He was awarded his doctorate in 1935 and promoted to full professor in 1939.<ref name="MacTutor1"/> Novikov became head of the Department of Analysis at the [[Moscow State Teachers Training Institute]] in 1944.<ref name="MacTutor1"/> In 1957, he became the first head of the Department of Mathematical Logic at the Steklov Institute.<ref name="MacTutor1"/> He jointly held both positions until he retired in 1972 and 1973 respectively.<ref name="MacTutor1"/>

[[Sergei Adian]] and [[Albert Muchnik]] were among his students.<ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=55513}}</ref>