# Aleksandr Gurevich

> Aleksandr Viktorovich Gurevich was a Soviet and Russian physicist. In 1992 he proposed the theory of lightning initiation known as the "runaway breakdown".

*Russian physicist (1930–2023)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/aleksandr-gurevich

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1930-09-19
- **Died:** 2023-07-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 17.5 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 5.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Aleksandr Gurevich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Gurevich)
- [الكسندر جورفيتش](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4)
- [Alexander Wiktorowitsch Gurewitsch](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Wiktorowitsch_Gurewitsch)
- [Гуревич, Александр Викторович](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [الکساندر گورویچ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86)
- [אלכסנדר גורביץ'](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A5')
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4152288)

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