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USSR State Prize
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Nikolay Basov
1922-12-14 – 2001-07-01
Life & Legacy
Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (Russian: Николай Геннадиевич Басов; 14 December 1922 – 1 July 2001) was a Soviet physicist and educator. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes.
Occupation & Career
physicist, inventor, university teacher, politician
Education
National Research Nuclear University
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
USSR State Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class; Nobel Prize in Physics; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class; Kalinga Prize; Lomonosov Gold Medal; Lenin Prize; "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal; honorary doctorate of the University Polytechnic of Madrid; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Russian President's Prize in the field of education; Edward Teller Award; Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland; Order of Cyril and Methodius
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal · Edward Teller Award · Fellow of the American Physical Society · Hero of Socialist Labour · honorary doctorate of the University Polytechnic of Madrid · Kalinga Prize · Lenin Prize · Lomonosov Gold Medal · Nobel Prize in Physics · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class · Order of Cyril and Methodius · Order of Lenin · Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland · Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class · Russian President's Prize in the field of education · USSR State Prize
Employer
Lebedev Physical Institute · National Research Nuclear University
Organizations & Memberships
Academy of Sciences of the USSR · Bulgarian Academy of Sciences · German Academy of Sciences at Berlin · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Indian National Science Academy · Polish Academy of Sciences · Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences
Education & Institutions
National Research Nuclear University
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Order of Lenin
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Hero of Socialist Labour
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Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
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Kalinga Prize
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Lomonosov Gold Medal
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Lenin Prize
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"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal
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honorary doctorate of the University Polytechnic of Madrid
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Fellow of the American Physical Society
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Russian President's Prize in the field of education
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Edward Teller Award
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Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
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Order of Cyril and Methodius
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Family Child
Dmitri N. Basov
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Family Spouse
Ksenia Tikhonovna Basova
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Sources & Provenance
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