title: Anatoly Filippovich Smirnov
text: # Anatoly Filippovich Smirnov
  
  Anatoly Filippovich Smirnov (Russian: Анато́лий Фили́ппович Смирно́в; 1909–1986) was a Soviet scientist working in the field of structural mechanics.
  
  He graduated Moscow Institute of Railroad Engineers in 1935 and taught structural mechanics there since 1936, becoming a Doctor of Technical Sciences in 1945 and professor in 1947. In 1951, he became a member of the CPSU. In 1969, he became the director of the Central Research Institute of Building Structures.
  
  