Stalin Prize

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Stalin Prize

HONOR

Science and arts award, granted 1940-54. The Lenin Peace Prize is a separate award.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Pavel A. Cherenkov Physicist 15-Jul-1904 6-Jan-1990 Cherenkov radiation

Ilya M. Frank Physicist 23-Oct-1908 22-Jun-1990 Cherenkov radiation

Gustav Hertz Physicist 22-Jul-1887 30-Oct-1975 Franck-Hertz experiment

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov Inventor 10-Nov-1919 Inventor of Kalashnikov rifle

Lev Landau Physicist 22-Jan-1908 1-Apr-1968 Superfluidity of helium

Trofim Lysenko Scientist 29-Sep-1898 20-Nov-1976 Dazzled Stalin with false genetic theory

Sergei V. Mikhalkov Songwriter 13-Mar-1913 27-Aug-2009 Lyricist, Russian National Anthem

Andrei Sakharov Physicist 21-May-1921 14-Dec-1989 Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb

Igor Y. Tamm Physicist 8-Jul-1895 12-Apr-1971 Cherenkov radiation

Andrei Vyshinsky Government 10-Dec-1883 22-Nov-1954 Soviet Prosecutor General during the Great Purge

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