Yakov Zeldovich

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Soviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914-1987)

ScientistsLived 1914 to 1987 · aged 73

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Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions, combustion, and hydrodynamical phenomena.

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Zeldovich (right) with astrophysicist Iosif Shklovsky in 1977

Awards 31

2002Friedmann Prize

1985ICTP Dirac Medal

1984Order of the October Revolution

1984Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

1983Bruce Medal

1979Foreign Member of the Royal Society

1977Kurchatov Medal

1977Numa Manson Medal

1974Order of Lenin

1964Order of the Red Banner of Labour

1962Order of Lenin

1957Lenin Prize

1956"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal

1956Hero of Socialist Labour

1954Order of the Badge of Honour

1954"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal

1954Hero of Socialist Labour

1953Stalin Prize

1953State Stalin Prize, 1st degree

1951Stalin Prize

1951State Stalin Prize, 1st degree

1949Order of Lenin

1949Hero of Socialist Labour

1949Stalin Prize

1945Order of the Red Banner of Labour

1943Stalin Prize, 2nd degree

Medal "Veteran of Labour"

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

State Stalin Prize, 1st degree

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ChildBoris Yakovlevich Zel'dovich

Connected to Yakov 6

Yuri OganessianAlso won Kurchatov Medal

Mykola PidhornyiAlso won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal

Jim PeeblesAlso won ICTP Dirac Medal

Alexandr YakovlevAlso won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal

Georgy FlyorovAlso won Kurchatov Medal

Yakov SinaiAlso won ICTP Dirac Medal