Lev Mitrofanovich Barkov (; October 24, 1928, in

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– February 9, 2013, in

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) was a Russian physicist, Academician of the

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(since 1984),Russian Academy of Sciences
(in Russian) Professor at the

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(since 1973) and Laureate of the 1989

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. He graduated from the

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in 1952 with a dissertation on classified neutron research, continued from then at the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. A few years later, the Kurchatov Institute sent Barkov as part of the Soviet delegation to the 1955 UN conference in Geneva on "Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy". Since 1967 he worked at the

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics The Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP) is one of the major centres of advanced study of nuclear physics in Russia. It is located in the Siberian town Akademgorodok, on Academician Lavrentyev Avenue, Novosibirsk, Academician Lavrentiev ...

within the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences ( CO PAN) in Novosibirsk, Russia. He taught at the

since 1967, as a professor since 1973, and he was also a department chair. From 1976 to 1979, Barkov served as the Dean of the Faculty of Physics of the Novosibirsk State University. He was awarded: *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on 31 October 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferred upon individuals or groups for services furthering communis ...

(1971) *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour () was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in sports, production, scientific research and socia ...

(1975) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

(1982) *

(1989) *

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" () is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree 442. Until the re-establishment of the Order of St. Andrew in 1998, it was the highest order of ...

, 4th class (1998)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barkov, Lev 1928 births 2013 deaths Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the USSR State Prize Russian physicists Russian academics Soviet physicists Soviet academics Scientists from Moscow Scientists from Novosibirsk Burials at Yuzhnoye Cemetery (Novosibirsk)