Ivan Valeryevich Yashchenko
Mathematician and science communicator, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
He has been awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland," II Class, for his contributions to education and many years of dedicated service.
Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education.
Member of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation for Science and Education from 2014 to 2017.
Member of the coordination group for implementing the Concept of Mathematical Education in the Russian Federation.
Head of the federal group of developers of the Unified State Examination (USE) in mathematics.
Founder of the "Talent and Success" Foundation.
He has provided a partial solution to the crumpled ruble problem.
He is the author of widely read books on mathematics, including:
Yashchenko, I. V. *Paradoxes of Set Theory*. Moscow, 2002. 40 pp. (Library "Mathematical Enlightenment," Issue 20). Archived copy from September 21, 2017, on the Wayback Machine.
Yashchenko, I. V. *An Invitation to the Mathematical Festival*. Moscow: MCCME, 2005. 104 pp. Print run: 10,000 copies. ISBN 5-94057-182-4.
Merzon, G. A., Yashchenko, I. V. *Length, Area, Volume*. Moscow: MCCME, 2012.
Smirnov, V. A., Smirnova, I. M., Yashchenko, I. V. *Visual Geometry*. Moscow: MCCME, 2013.
Kanel-Belov, A. Ya., Trepalin, A. S., Yashchenko, I. V. *The Olympiad Ark*. Moscow: MCCME, 2014.