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List of Russian Nobel laureates

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The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to Mankind."

This list encompasses laureates of the Nobel Prize who were citizens of the Soviet Union or Russia at the time of receiving the award, or at another time during their life. Of note is that Mikhail Sholokhov is the only citizen of the Soviet Union who received approval from the Soviet government to receive their Nobel Prize in literature.[1] During the Soviet period, all other Nobel Laureates in literature or peace (except Gorbachev) were dissidents or exiles.[1]

Soviet and Russian laureates

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Year Winner Field Notes Country
1904[2] Ivan Petrovich Pavlov[2] Physiology or Medicine[2] The first Russian Nobel laureate[3]  Russian Empire
1908[4] Élie Metchnikoff[4] Physiology or Medicine[4] Metchnikoff shared the 1908 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with German physician and scientist Paul Ehrlich.[4] Both subjects were awarded for their works regarding immunity.[4]  Russian Empire
1933[5] Ivan Bunin[5] Literature First Russian Nobel laureate in literature, was not a citizen of the USSR at that time.  France (exiled)
1956[6] Nikolay Semyonov[6] Chemistry[6] First Russian Nobel laureate in Chemistry  Soviet Union
1952 Selman Waksman Medicine Born in Ukraine, but no Russian/USSR connection or citizenship after 1916  United States
1958[7] Boris Pasternak[7] Literature[7] After Pasternak announced acceptance of the prize, the government of the Soviet Union then threatened Pasternak of not being allowed into back into the country if he left to accept it.[7]  Soviet Union
1958 Igor Tamm Physics  Soviet Union
Ilya Frank
Pavel Cherenkov
1962[8] Lev Landau[8] Physics[8] Landau was awarded for his "pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium."[8] He was unable to attend the ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden to receive the prize personally, due to a car accident.[8] Rolf Sulman, the Swedish ambassador in the Soviet Union at the time presented the award to Landau in Moscow in 1962.[8]  Soviet Union
1964 Nikolay Basov Physics  Soviet Union
Alexander Prokhorov
1965[9] Mikhail Sholokhov[9] Literature[9]  Soviet Union
1970 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Literature Solzhenitsyn was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974.[1]  Soviet Union
1973 Wassily Leontief Economics First Russian Nobel laureate in Economics  United States
1975 Andrei Sakharov Peace First Russian nobel laureate in Peace  Soviet Union
1975 Leonid Kantorovich Economics  Soviet Union
1977[10] Ilya Prigogine[10] Chemistry[10] Prigogine was born in Germany, but spent a few years in the USSR from 15 years of age. He was able to escape.  Belgium
1978 Pyotr Kapitsa Physics  Soviet Union
1987 Joseph Brodsky Literature He was not a citizen of the USSR from 1972  United States
1990 Mikhail Gorbachev Peace  Soviet Union
2000[11] Zhores Alferov[11] Physics[11] Alferov shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics with Jack S. Kilby and Herbert Kroemer, both American physicists, for "basic work on information and communication technology".[11]  Russia
2003 Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov Physics  Russia / United States
Vitaly Ginzburg  Russia
2010 Andre Geim Physics  United Kingdom / Netherlands
Konstantin Novoselov  United Kingdom / Russia
2021[12] Dmitry Muratov[12] Peace[12] Muratov shared the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize with Filipino-American journalist and author Maria Ressa.[12]  Russia

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References

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  1. ^ a b c McSmith, A. (2015). Fear and the Muse Kept Watch: The Russian Masters--from Akhmatova and Pasternak to Shostakovich and Eisenstein--under Stalin. New Press. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-1-59558-056-6. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Daroff, R.B.; Aminoff, M.J. (2014). Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences. Elsevier Science. p. 847. ISBN 978-0-12-385158-1. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Jason, G.J. (2022). The Critical Thinking Book. Broadview Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-77048-832-8. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e Magner, L.N. (2002). A History of the Life Sciences, Revised and Expanded. Taylor & Francis. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-8247-4360-4. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "A Memory Keeper Wins the Nobel". The New Yorker. October 19, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Yasnitsky, A.; Van der Veer, R. (2015). Revisionist Revolution in Vygotsky Studies: The State of the Art. Taylor & Francis. p. 270. ISBN 978-1-317-50042-1. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d Zorza, Victor (October 9, 2020). "Archive, 9 October 1970: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in Literature". the Guardian. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Yevdayev, Milikh (September 13, 2018). "Lev Landau: A Jewish Physicist and Nobel-Winning Genius from Azerbaijan". Jewish Journal. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c Marie, Mustafa (December 13, 2021). "Statue of Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov in Alexandria unveiled". Egypt Today. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Longhorn Laureates". UT News. December 9, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d "Zhores Alferov, 88, Dies; Nobel Winner Paved Way for Laser Technology". The New York Times. March 2, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d Taylor, Adam (October 8, 2021). "Who is Dmitry Muratov, Russian journalist and co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize?". Washington Post. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  13. ^ "Nobel Laureates and Country of Birth". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-17.
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