What is Nikolai Andreev?
{{Infobox person | name = Nikolai Andreev | image = RIAN archive 858309 Nikolai Andreyev, scientist and winner of Russian presidential award for high achievements in creating innovative informational technologies and promoting scientific knowledge.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|02|05|df=y}} | birth_place = Saratov, Russia | nationality = [[Russians|Russian]] }} '''Nikolai Andreev''' (born in Russia) is a Russian mathematician and popularizer of [[mathematics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nikolay Andreev - The Mathematics Genealogy Project|url=https://www.mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=76378|access-date=2022-07-05|website=www.mathgenealogy.org}}</ref> == Biography == Nikolai is the Head of the Laboratory for Popularization and Promotion of Mathematics at the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences|Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow)]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steklov Mathematical Institute|url=http://www.mi-ras.ru/index.php?c=show_dep&id=49&l=1|access-date=2022-07-05|website=www.mi-ras.ru}}</ref> He received a Ph.D. in mathematics from [[Moscow State University]] in 2000. Among his many highly valued projects by the Russian mathematical community is the creation of the online resource Mathematical Etudes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russian Animates Mathematics {{!}} Mathematical Association of America|url=https://www.maa.org/news/math-news/russian-animates-mathematics|access-date=2022-07-05|website=www.maa.org}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nikolai Andreev Math and Art Seminar|url=https://www.math.ksu.edu/research/artmathfiles/s21n_andreev.html|access-date=2022-07-05|website=www.math.ksu.edu}}</ref> In the years 2000 and 2001 he participated in the [[International Mathematical Olympiad]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Mathematical Olympiad|url=https://www.imo-official.org/participant_r.aspx?id=5994|access-date=2022-07-05|website=www.imo-official.org}}</ref> == A