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Georgy Petrov

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Soviet physicist (1912-1987)

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Georgy Ivanovich Petrov was a Soviet physicist specializing in fluid mechanics and gas dynamics. In 1935 after graduating from the Moscow State University, Petrov worked at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. In 1944 he worked at NII-1, a jet propulsion research institute.

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Awards 13

1982Order of Lenin
1979USSR State Prize
1975Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1971Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1962Order of Lenin
1961Order of Lenin
1961Hero of Socialist Labour
1961Zhukovsky Prize
1957Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1956Order of Lenin
1949Stalin Prize
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

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Scientists born in the 1910s 2

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Georgy Ivanovich Petrov was a Soviet physicist specializing in fluid mechanics and gas dynamics. In 1935 after graduating from the Moscow State University, Petrov worked at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. In 1944 he worked at NII-1, a jet propulsion research institute. In 1953 he was nominated professor at the Moscow State University. In the same year he became a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. From 1965 to 1973 Petrov directed the Russian Space Research Institute.

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Scientists
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Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1987 · aged 74
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