Kirill Shchelkin
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Kirill Ivanovich Shchelkin (Russian: Кирилл Иванович Щёлкин; 17 May 1911 – 8 November 1968) was a Soviet physicist of Armenian origin in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons who made theoretical and experimental contribution in combustion and gas dynamics.
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Russian: Кирилл Иванович Щёлкин Armenian: Կիրակոս Հովհաննեսի Մետաքսյան | |
Born | Kirakos, Hovhanesi Metaksian (Киракос, Ованесович Метаксян) (1911-05-17)17 May 1911 |
Died | 8 November 1968(1968-11-08) (aged 57) Moscow, Russia in Soviet Union |
Nationality | Armenian |
Citizenship | Soviet Union |
Alma mater | M.V.Frunze Crimean State Pedagogical Institute |
Known for | First scientific director at Chelyabinsk-70 Soviet program of nuclear weapons Detonation and explosives |
Awards | Hero of Socialist Labor (1949,1951,1954) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Arzamas-16 Chelyabinsk-70 |
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He was notable for his work on the detonation process of the first Soviet nuclear weapon, the RDS-1, and the first thermonuclear device, and for his role as the first scientific director of the Soviet nuclear weapons development center in the Urals at Chelyabinsk-70.