Isaak Kikoin

Isaak Kikoin
Isaak Kikoin
Исаак Кикоин
	Bust of Isaak Kikoin in Pskov
Born	Isaak Kushelevich Kikoin; March 28, 1908; Malye Zhagory, Šiauliai County, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire; Present-day, Žagarė in Lithuania)
Died	December 28, 1984 (aged 76); Moscow, Russia in Soviet Union
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery
Nationality	Lithuanian
Citizenship	USSR
Alma mater	Leningrad Polytechnic Institute
Known for	Soviet atomic bomb project
Awards	USSR State Prize; Lenin Prize; Hero of Socialist Labor
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Laboratory No. 2; Ural Polytechnic Institute; Leningrad Polytechnic Institute
Thesis	Photomagnetism (1936)

Isaak Konstantinovich (Kushelevich) Kikoin (Russian: Исаак Константинович (Кушелевич) Кикоин; 28 March 1908 – 28 December 1984), D.N., was a Soviet physicist and an author of physics textbooks in Russian language who played an important role in the Soviet nuclear weapons program.^: 27^[1]

^ Josephson, Paul (20 October 2022). Nuclear Russia: The Atom in Russian Politics and Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-27257-6. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

[Bloomsbury_Publishing,_Josephson,_2022-1] Josephson, Paul (20 October 2022). Nuclear Russia: The Atom in Russian Politics and Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-27257-6. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

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