The 95th anniversary of Vassiliy Ilyich Nechaev

The two major goals of the authors are to describe the principal stages of the life of Professor of the Moscow State Pedagogical University Vassiliy Ilyich Nechaev and to give a brief analysis of his scientific and educational activities that has been very influential in the development of both number theory and methods of teaching mathematics at colleges for teacher education.
Particular attention is given to the research of Professor V. I. Nechaev and his disciples in analytic number theory and its applications.
V. I. Nechaev, being a student of Professor M. K. Grebencha, was a leading figure at the scientific school and the organizer of the analytic number theory research seminar at the Moscow State Pedagogical University.
Many of his students received their PhD degrees and later one of them awarded a habilitation in pedagogical sciences.
Vassiliy Ilyich Nechaev has published a large number of scientific and methodical works, was a translator of several fundamental scientific monographs. He served as a member of the editorial board of the journal “Mathematical Notes” and as a member of the program committees of several international conferences on algebra and number theory held at the Lev Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University.