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Ivan Knunyants

Soviet chemist (1906-1990) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 84

Ivan Lyudvigovich Knunyants, was a Soviet chemist of Armenian origin, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, a major general and engineer, who significantly contributed to the advancement of Soviet chemistry. He made more than 200 inventions, many of which used in the Soviet industry.

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1990Died21 December 19901986Henri Moissan AwardAward1972Lenin PrizeAward1966Hero of Socialist LabourAwardOrder of LeninAward1950Stalin Prize, 2nd degreeAward1948Stalin Prize, 2nd degreeAward1943Stalin Prize, 3rd degreeAward1906Born22 May 1906

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Henri Moissan Award1986
Lenin Prize1972
Order of Lenin1966
Hero of Socialist Labour1966
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1950
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1948
Stalin Prize, 3rd degree1943
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Star
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For Battle Merit"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1990 · aged 84

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