V. A. Gorbatov and 4-color problem V. A. Gorbatov claims that he solved 4-color problem in  1964, and he repeats this claim in his book which appears in 2000. (The paper and the book are in Russian; the book is also translated to Spanish --- see refs below.)  Obviousely, I doubt that it is true, but I do NOT want to read the book...
Question: Did anyone checked this proof?
Why do I care. This claim appears in Russian wikipedia and I would be happy to have a good reason to remove it.
(At the moment ru.wikipedia states Gorbatov's claim and says that nobody checked his proof.)


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*Горбатов В. А. Фундаментальные основы дискретной математики.

*Gorbatov, V. A. Fundamentos de la matemática discreta.  

*Горбатов, В. А. О минимальной раскраске графа // Доклады НТК. МЭИ, Подсекция вычислительной техники. --М.: МЭИ, 1964. -С. 17.


Summary of answers: I have got few answers, roughly stating that there is no sign that Gorbatov is a serious mathematician. I agree with that, but it is not an answer to my question...
 A: Check out the page http://community.livejournal.com/science_freaks/1639427.html.
The whole thing seems bizarre. The MathSciNet review of the book you mention says nothing about a claimed proof of the 4-color theorem. The earliest MathSciNet reference to a paper by any Gorbatov is from 1970; nothing from 1964. Did he write a proof and stuff it in a drawer or something? He's listed at http://www.newportuniversity.eu/faculty.php as having "degrees of the Doctor and Grand Doctor of Philosophy and a Rank of the Full Professor of the World Information Distributed University." That seems to be some strange academic structure between Belgium and Russia. (The description of certification of diplomas at WIDU on their page http://www.webspawner.com/users/eduardevreinov/index.html is hilarious: 
"Organization of the preparation and defense of theses in WIDU shall correspond to the common rules applied in the most of famous universities of the world. The Harvard and Yell Universities can be named as examples of these universities... The important difference of WIDU is an opportunity to study and defend thesis in the native language... A more perfect credit system is available, compared to the famous universities.") 
Gorbatov's own wikipedia page (the fifth person listed at http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Горбатов) says nothing about this 4-color "achievement" and it also shows you're not exactly going to be getting any complaints from him: he passed away in June. 
All in all, the evidence supporting his claim is very weak, so it seems fair to cut it.
A: From Gorbatov's book this seems to be the original reference: 
Горбатов, В. А. О минимальной раскраске графа // Доклады НТК. МЭИ, 27 марта - 10 апреля 1964 г. Подсекция вычислительной техники. --М.: МЭИ, 1964. -С. 17.
I'm not familiar enough with Russian journals to make sense of it. What is "НТК. МЭИ"? And is this a peer-reviewed journal or is this more in the nature of a technical report or unrefereed conference proceedings?
A: I am  not sure but may be this page (in Russian) 
http://community.livejournal.com/ru_math/191138.html
will be useful for find a good reason.
Fon-Der-Flaass Dmitrii Germanovich lj-user flaass (http://flaass.livejournal.com/)
http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?personid=30297&option_lang=eng
well-qualified mathematician gave some comment to this book and author.
