Yuri Babayev | |
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Бабаев, Юрий Николаевич | |
Born | |
Died | October 6, 1986 Moscow, Soviet Union | (aged 58)
Resting place | Kuntsevo Cemetery |
Nationality | Russian |
Siglum | Yu.N |
Citizenship | ![]() |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Known for | Soviet atomic bomb project |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | VNIIEF |
Yuri Nikolayevich Babayev (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Бабаев; 21 May 1928 – 6 October 1986), k.N, was a Soviet physicist who spent a long career in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons, and known as one of the principles who designed the Tsar Bomba, the largest-ever nuclear weapon.