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Nikolay Semyonov

Soviet physical chemist (1896-1986) · Scientists · Died at 90

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Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov , sometimes Semenov, Semionov or Semenoff was a Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation.

A life in dates

1986Died25 September 1986Order of the October RevolutionAward1981Order of LeninAward1976Hero of Socialist LabourAwardLenin PrizeAward1969Lomonosov Gold MedalAward1966Order of LeninAward1958Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1956Order of LeninAward1954Order of LeninAward1953Order of LeninAward1949Order of LeninAward1946Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1941Stalin Prize, 2nd degreeAwardState Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1896Born3 April 1896

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Semyonov (right) and Kapitsa, portrait by Boris Kustodiev, 1921.Semyonov (right) and Kapitsa, portrait by Boris Kustodiev, 1921.Semyonov on a 2021 stamp of RussiaSemyonov on a 2021 stamp of Russia

Awards

Order of the October Revolution1986
Order of Lenin1981
Order of Lenin1976
Lenin Prize1976
Hero of Socialist Labour1976
Order of Lenin1971
Lomonosov Gold Medal1969
Order of Lenin1966
Hero of Socialist Labour1966
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1958
Order of Lenin1956
Nobel Prize in Chemistry1956
Order of Lenin1954
Order of Lenin1953
Order of Lenin1949
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1949
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1946
Order of Lenin1945
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1941
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1941
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"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

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Spouse: Maria Liverovskaya

In common with Nikolay

Michael Ellis DeBakeyBoth received Lomonosov Gold MedalStefan HellBoth received Nobel Prize in ChemistryWilliam LipscombBoth received Nobel Prize in ChemistryPeter LaxBoth received Lomonosov Gold MedalRoger D. KornbergBoth received Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Scientists born in the 1890s 1

Vladimir Fock56.3

About this person

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1986 · aged 90

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