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HONOR

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Nikolay G. Basov Physicist 14-Dec-1922 1-Jul-2001 Invention of the maser and laser

Leonid Brezhnev Head of State 19-Dec-1906 10-Nov-1982 Leader of the Soviet Union, 1964-82

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

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

Pyotr Kapitsa Physicist 8-Jul-1894 8-Apr-1984 Discovered superfluidity

Nikita Khrushchev Head of State 5-Apr-1894 11-Sep-1971 Deposed leader of the Soviet Union

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

Nikolai Podgorny Head of State 18-Feb-1903 11-Jan-1983 President of the USSR, 1965-77

Aleksandr M. Prokhorov Physicist 11-Jul-1916 8-Jan-2002 Invention of the maser and laser

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

Nikolay Semyonov Chemist 15-Apr-1896 25-Sep-1986 Combustion, explosions, and chemical kinetics

Mikhail Sholokhov Author 24-May-1905 21-Feb-1984 The Silent Don

Josef Stalin Head of State 18-Dec-1878 5-Mar-1953 Brutal dictator, Soviet Union

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

Lev Yashin Soccer 22-Oct-1929 20-Mar-1990 Soviet soccer star

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