Yevgeny Zababakhin | |
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Евгений Забабахин | |
| Born | Zababakhin, Yevgeny Ivanovich (Забабахин, Евгений Иванович) 16 January 1917 |
| Died | 27 December 1984 (aged 67) Chelyabinsk-70, Russia in Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Citizenship |  Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy |
| Known for | Soviet program of nuclear weapons |
| Awards |  Lenin Prize (1958) Order of Lenin (1953, 1949) Stalin Prize (1953, 1949) Hero of Socialist Labor (1953) Order of Red Banner of Labor (1951) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | VNIIEF KB-11 VNIITF NII-1011 |
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zababakhin (Russian: Евгений Иванович Забабахин; 16 January 1917 – 27 December 1984), was a Soviet physicist who was one of the senior chief designers of nuclear discharges of the Soviet nuclear weapons.
Amongst many others, he was a senior officer in the Soviet Air Forces and had been involved in the first Soviet nuclear weapon, the RDS-1, and the design of the first Soviet two-stage hydrogen bomb (RDS-37).