Yuri Trutnev (scientist)

Yuri Trutnev
Yuri Trutnev
Юрий Трутнев
	Trutnev in 2013
Born	2 November 1927; Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Died	6 August 2021 (aged 93); Sarov, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Citizenship	Russia
Alma mater	Leningrad State University
Known for	Soviet atomic bomb project;
Awards	See honors
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	VNIIEF; National Research Nuclear University MEPhI;

Yuri Alexeyevich Trutnev (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Трутнев; 2 November 1927 – 6 August 2021)^[1] was a Russian physicist and a professor of engineering at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute).

His career in physics spent in the former Soviet program of development of nuclear weapons and was one the designers in the RDS-37 (the Soviet Union's first two-stage thermonuclear device), and the RDS-220 (the largest-ever-yield nuclear device) and many other nuclear charges.

^ "Умер "отец" российского ядерного оружия академик Юрий Трутнев" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[1] "Умер "отец" российского ядерного оружия академик Юрий Трутнев" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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