Succeeded by Natalya Komarova Name Alexander Filipenko Political party United Russia Role Astrophysicist | Profession Politician Known for Type Ia supernova Religion Russian Orthodoxy TV shows The Universe | |
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Born May 31, 1950 (age 73)
Karaganda, Kazakh SFSR, Soviet Union ( 1950-05-31 ) Children Vasily, Sophia, Alexander Books The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium Education California Institute of Technology (1984), University of California, Santa Barbara (1979) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada Notable awards Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy, Guggenheim Fellowship | ||
Alexander Vasilevich Filipenko Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Филипе́нко (born 31 May 1950) is a Russian politician, the former governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
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