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Talanov, Vladimir I., D. PM. S. Born in 1933. Corresponding member since
December 1987; academician in 1993. Since 1960 he has been a senior researcher in
the Radio Physics Scientific Research Institute at the Gorkiy State University, that
was established to research in plasma physics, spectroscopic systems and
microwave devices.
Tsidilkovskii, Isaak M., D. PM. S. Russian physicist. Corresponding member of the
General Physics and Astronomy Department and of the Urals Department since
December 1987; academician in 1993. In 1964, he was listed as a senior researcher
of unknown affiliation at the Metal Physics Institute in Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk)
that was established in 1932 to work in magnetism and metal physics. In 1978, he
received the A. F. Ioffe Physics Prize.
Vainshtein, Boris K., D. PM. S. Born in July 1921 in Moscow. Russian
crystallographer. He has been a corresponding member of the academy since 1962,
and an academician since 1976 of the General Physics and Astronomy Department.
He was originally elected to the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Department.
He graduated from Moscow State University in 1945, and from the Institute of Steel
in 1947. He began work at the A. V. Shubnikov Crystallography Institute in 1949.
He headed a laboratory there from 1958, and became the institute's Director in 1962.
His principal works are in the field of structural analysis of crystals, the theory of
the diffraction of electrons and roentgen rays, and research on the structure of
albumen molecules. Vainshtein, Z. G. Pinkser and others developed a method of
structural electronography and worked out its theoretical foundations. He was the
first to define the position of hydrogen atoms in a series of crystals and to analyze
the structures of many complex and organic compounds. The A. V. Shubnikov
Crystallography Institute in Moscow was established in 1944 to investigate the
structure and physical properties of crystals. He is currently President of the
National Committee of Russian Crystallographers. (GSE 4, p. 470.)
Velikhov, Evgenii P., D. PM. S. Born in 1935 in Moscow. Russian theoretical
physicist. Since 1974, he has been an academician of the General Physics and
Astronomy Department of the Academy and since 1984, he has acted as
Academician Secretary of the Information Science, Computer Technology, and
Automation Department of the Academy. He graduated from Moscow State
University in 1958 and began working in the Institute of Atomic Energy becoming
Head of one of its departments in 1962. He has been a professor at Moscow State
University since 1968. From 1971 to 1988, he served as Deputy Director of the I.
V. Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute in Moscow. In 1988, he was named Director
of this important institute that was created in 1943 to develop nuclear weapons. It is
the largest institute in Russia that concentrates on nuclear research that includes all
aspects of atomic energy, including plasma and solid state physics, fission and
fusion reactors, and lasers. The institute is directly subordinate to the State
Committee for Utilization of Atomic Energy. Since 1977, he has served as Vice
President for the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Section of the Academy.
Since 1978, he has headed the Geophysical Laboratory of the High Temperatures
Institute in Moscow, and has served as a member of the Board of the General
Assembly of the GKNT. Since 1984, he has been Deputy Director for science of the
Industrial Lasers Scientific Research Center in Troitsk subordinate to the Academy.
The center is comprised of scientific research divisions, a design bureau, and an
experimental production facility that develops and introduces laser tools and methods
into industry. His works are in low-temperature physics, plasma and magnetic
hydrodynamics. Since 1984, he has also served as a Deputy Director for Science of
the Archive of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. In 1986, he was the
recipient of the M. D. Millionshchikov Prize in atomic power engineering. (GSE 4,
p. 565.)
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