Anatoly Alexandrov (physicist)
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For the composer, see Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov.
Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov (Russian: Анатолий Петрович Александров, 13 February 1903 – 3 February 1994) was a Soviet physicist who played a crucial and centralizing role in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.
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Anatoly Alexandrov | |
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Анатолий Александров | |
Born | Anatoly Petrovich Aleksandrov (1903-02-13)13 February 1903 |
Died | February 3, 1994(1994-02-03) (aged 90) |
Resting place | Mitinskoe Cemetery |
Siglum | A. P. Alexandrov |
Citizenship | Russia |
Alma mater | Kiev University |
Known for | Soviet atomic bomb project Nuclear marine propulsion |
Relatives | Eugene Alexandrov (Nephew) |
Awards | Lomonosov Gold Medal Hero of Socialist Labor Lenin Prize Stalin Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Laboratory No. 2 Institute for Physical Problems Leningrad Polytechnic Institute Kiev Institute of Health |
Thesis | Relaxation in Polymers (1941) |
Doctoral students | Yuri Semenovich Lazurkin |
Website | A.P Alexandrov |
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During his lifetime, Alexandrov was the recipient of many honors, civil citations, and state awards for this work and was also the director of the Kurchatov Institute and the President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences from 1975 until 1986.