Sergey Lebedev (chemist)

Sergei Lebedev
Сергей Лебедев
Lebedev in 1920
Born(1874-07-13)13 July 1874[1][2]
Lublin, Lublin Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire[1][2]
Died2 May 1934(1934-05-02) (aged 59)[1][2]
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1][2]
Resting placeTikhvin Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
NationalityRussian
Alma materSt. Petersburg University
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Scientific career
InstitutionsSaint Petersburg Academy for Military Medicine
Doctoral advisorAlexey Favorsky

Sergei Vasilievich Lebedev (‹See Tfd›Russian: Сергей Васильевич Лебедев; 13 July 1874 – 2 May 1934) was a Russian/Soviet chemist and the inventor of polybutadiene synthetic rubber, the first commercially viable and mass-produced type of synthetic rubber.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Sergey Vasilyevich Lebedev | Russian chemist | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Лебедев Сергей Васильевич / Большая советская энциклопедия". gatchina3000.ru. Retrieved 8 September 2022.