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Sergey Vavilov

Soviet physicist · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1891 to 1951 · aged 59

Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov was a Soviet physicist, the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union from July 1945 until his death. His elder brother Nikolai Vavilov was a famous Russian geneticist.

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1952State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1951Died25 January 1951Stalin Prize, 2nd degreeAward1947Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"Award1946State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1945Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"AwardOrder of LeninAward1943Order of LeninAwardStalin Prize, 2nd degreeAward1939Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1891Born12 March 1891

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State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1952
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1951
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"1947
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1946
Order of Lenin1945
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1945
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1943
Order of Lenin1943
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1939

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1951 · aged 59