ORGANIZATION

Founded 1724 as St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Became USSR Academy of Sciences in 1925, re-named Russian Academy of Sciences in 1991, after the collapse of the USSR.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexei A. Abrikosov	Physicist	25-Jun-1928		Particle physicist, explored superconductivity
Sergei Averintsev	Author	10-Dec-1937	21-Feb-2004	Myth of the Peoples of the World
Nikolay G. Basov	Physicist	14-Dec-1922	1-Jul-2001	Invention of the maser and laser
Boris Berezovsky	Business	23-Jan-1946		Russian oligarch, now in Israel
Sune K. Bergström	Scientist	10-Jan-1916	15-Aug-2004	Prostaglandins
Walter Bradford Cannon	Scientist	19-Oct-1871	1-Oct-1945	Fight or flight response
Pavel A. Cherenkov	Physicist	15-Jul-1904	6-Jan-1990	Cherenkov radiation
Peter Debye	Chemist	24-Mar-1884	2-Nov-1966	Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Ilya M. Frank	Physicist	23-Oct-1908	22-Jun-1990	Cherenkov radiation
Jacques-Salomon Hadamard	Mathematician	8-Dec-1865	17-Oct-1963	Prime number theorem
George W. Hill	Astronomer	3-Mar-1838	16-Apr-1914	A New Theorie of Jupiter and Saturn
Nick Holonyak	Physicist	3-Nov-1928		Light-emitting diodes
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich	Mathematician	19-Jan-1912	7-Apr-1986	Linear programming
Pyotr Kapitsa	Physicist	8-Jul-1894	8-Apr-1984	Discovered superfluidity
Hermann J. Muller	Scientist	21-Dec-1890	5-Apr-1967	Genetic effects of radiation
Giulio Natta	Chemist	26-Feb-1903	2-May-1979	Ziegler-Natta catalysts
Louis Néel	Physicist	22-Nov-1904	17-Nov-2000	Magnetic properties of solids
Yevgeny Primakov	Head of State	29-Oct-1929		Prime Minister of Russia, 1998-99
C. N. R. Rao	Chemist	30-Jun-1934		Chemistry of superconductivity
Carlo Rubbia	Physicist	31-Mar-1934		Co-Discovered W and Z particles
Martin Ryle	Astronomer	27-Sep-1918	14-Oct-1984	Radio astronomer
Andrei Sakharov	Physicist	21-May-1921	14-Dec-1989	Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb
Robert Schrieffer	Physicist	31-May-1931		BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Nikolay Semyonov	Chemist	15-Apr-1896	25-Sep-1986	Researcher of chemical kinetics
Mikhail Sholokhov	Author	24-May-1905	21-Feb-1984	The Silent Don
Arnold Sommerfeld	Physicist	5-Dec-1868	26-Apr-1951	Fine-structure constant
Roger W. Sperry	Scientist	20-Aug-1913	17-Apr-1994	"Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology
Igor Y. Tamm	Physicist	8-Jul-1895	12-Apr-1971	Cherenkov radiation
Samuel C. C. Ting	Physicist	27-Jan-1936		Co-Discoverer of J/psi particle

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