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Institutions
  
MSU

Fields
  
Physics

Name
  
Mikhail Leontovich


Born
  
22 February 1903 St. Petersburg, Russia (
1903-02-22
)

Alma mater
  
Moscow State University

Known for
  
plasma physics, radiophysics

Died
  
March 30, 1981, Moscow, Russia

Education
  
Moscow State University

Notable awards
  
Lenin Prize (1958)

Mikhail Alexandrovich Leontovich (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Леонто́вич, 22 February 1903, St. Petersburg – 30 March 1981, Moscow) was a Soviet dissident, Soviet physicist, member of USSR Academy of Sciences, specializing in plasma and radiophysics.

He was awarded:

  • Three Orders of Lenin
  • Five Orders of the Red Banner of Labour
  • Lenin Prize
  • References

    Mikhail Leontovich Wikipedia