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Leonid Sedov

Russian physicist (1907-1999) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 91

Leonid Ivanovich Sedov was a Russian physicist who worked as an engineer in the former Soviet space program.

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1999Died5 September 19991998Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th classAward1987Order of LeninAward1984Yuri A. Gagarin Gold MedalAward1981Allan D. Emil Memorial AwardAward1975Order of LeninAward1971Commander of the Legion of HonourAward1967Hero of Socialist LabourAwardOrder of LeninAward1966Honorary Doctor of the University of PoitiersAward1963Order of LeninAward1954Order of LeninAward1952Stalin Prize, 2nd degreeAward1945Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1943Order of the Badge of HonourAward1907Born1 November 1907

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Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class1998
Order of Lenin1987
Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal1984
Allan D. Emil Memorial Award1981
Order of Lenin1980
Order of Lenin1975
Commander of the Legion of Honour1971
Order of Lenin1967
Hero of Socialist Labour1967
Honorary Doctor of the University of Poitiers1966
Order of Lenin1963
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1961
Order of Lenin1954
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1952
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1945
Order of the Badge of Honour1943
Stalin Prize
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
VDNKh gold medal
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Medal VDNKh
Mikhail Lomonosov Award
Lyapunov Prize

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1999 · aged 91

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