Facts: - death place: moscow , soviet union - prizes: hero of the soviet union - known for: his work in mathematics , arctic exploration - caption: otto schmidt by mikhail nesterov . - death date: 7 september 1956 - field: mathematics astronomy geophysics - birth date: 30 september 1891 18 september - name: otto schmidt - ethnicity: belarussian - nationality: soviet - birth place: mogilyov , russian empire - alma mater: university of kiev Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of otto schmidt .
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otto yulyevich schmidt -lrb- ; -- september 7 , 1956 -rrb- was a soviet scientist , mathematician , astronomer , geophysicist , statesman , academician , hero of the ussr -lrb- 27 june 1937 -rrb- , and member of the communist party .