Author: B. A. Kordemskiĭ
Alternate names: Kordemskiĭ, B. A.; Boris Kordemsky; Boris a. Kordemsky; Boris A. Kordemsky; B. A. KordemskiI; B Kordemsky; Boris Anastas'evich Kordemskiǐ; Boris A. Kordemski ̆; Boris A Kordemsky; Boris Kordemsky; Boris A. Kordemskij
Born: 1907
Died: 1999
Bio: Boris A. Kordemsky, a Russian teacher and popularizer of recreational mathematics, is probably the best-selling author of non-word puzzle books in the history of the world. Just one of his books, *Matematicheskaya Smekalka* (or, *Mathematical Quick-Wits*), sold more than a million copies in the Soviet Union/Russia alone, and it has been translated into many languages. By exciting millions of people in mathematical problems over five decades, he influenced generations of [puzzle] solvers both at home and abroad. [*-- Will Shortz & Serhiy Grabarchuk @ ageofpuzzles.com*](http://www.ageofpuzzles.com/Masters/BorisKordemsky/BorisKordemsky.htm)