Weekly magazine “Arguments and Facts” No. 03. Either a bus, or a vision. When will the modernization of public transport reach cities and towns? 19/01/2022
Sergey Borisovich Pushkin Born in Moscow in 1925, he was the great-grandson of Alexander Alexandrovich, the eldest son of the great poet. After graduation, he came to work in the laboratory of the Central Research Institute of Radio Measurements. Over time, it turned into the Institute of Metrology of Time and Space (VNIIFTRI), and Pushkin’s great-grandson, starting as an engineer, rose to the post of deputy director.
When Sergey Borisovich headed the laboratory of the Institute’s time service, it was she who transmitted time-checking signals (known as “6 points”) through the country’s radio stations. In 1964, VNIIFTRI began to develop the State Primary Standard of Time, Frequency and Atomic Time Scale. In 1967, it was officially approved by the State Standard. The basis of the standard was made up of quantum mechanical hydrogen generators and a group of high-precision quartz watches.
All these works were carried out under the supervision of the chief designer of the State Standard of Time and Frequency Sergey Pushkin. He was also appointed its keeper. The atomic clocks created by Soviet scientists turned out to be a million times more accurate than those based on the rotation of the Earth. Their error is 1 second in 500 thousand years!
Sergey Borisovich has been the keeper of this watch for 30 years. He passed away on July 9, 2015.
