Yuri Trutnev (scientist)
Soviet physicist (1927–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yuri Alexeyevich Trutnev (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Трутнев; 2 November 1927 – 6 August 2021)[1] was a Russian physicist and a professor of engineering at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute).
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Yuri Trutnev | |
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Юрий Трутнев | |
Born | (1927-11-02)2 November 1927 |
Died | 6 August 2021(2021-08-06) (aged 93) |
Nationality | Russian |
Citizenship | Russia |
Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
Known for | Soviet atomic bomb project |
Awards | See honors |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
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His career in physics spent in the former Soviet program of development of nuclear weapons and was one the designers in the RDS-37 (the Soviet Union's first two-stage thermonuclear device), and the RDS-220 (the largest-ever-yield nuclear device) and many other nuclear charges.