Vladimir Grachev

Vladimir Grachev
Born (1942-03-02) 2 March 1942 (age 82)
NationalityRussian
Alma materPenza Polytechnic Institute
Known forInventor of the gas cupola
AwardsOrder For Merit to the Fatherland, Order of Honour (Russian Federation)
Scientific career
InstitutionsMetallurgy, ecology
Doctoral advisorDoctorate

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Grachev (born 3 March 1942 in Taimanikha, Rodnikovsky District, Ivanovo Region) is a Russian scientist, politician, and ecologist. Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the State Duma of the third and fourth convocations (1999–2007). Chairman of the Public Council under the Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Atomic Supervision, member of the public council of the State state-owned enterprise Rosatom, Advisory Council under the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation. Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Russian Federation Commission for UNESCO, the Supreme Environmental Council of the State Duma Committee on natural resources, the environment, and ecology.