Born March 15, 1930 in g. Vitebsk.
In 1952 he graduated from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute. V. I. Ulyanov-Lenin. Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
From 1952 - Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Physical-Technical Institute (PTI) of. A. F. Ioffe, USSR Academy of Sciences.
In 1972 - 87 - Head of Sector, Head of Laboratory PTI. Since 1987 - Director of FTI since 1989 - also chairman of the Leningrad Scientific Center.
. Since 1990 - at the same time Vice-President of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
. In March 1989, was elected deputy of the USSR.
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. On December 17, 1995 - Member of the State Duma of the second convocation.
. August 1, 1997 was included in the composition of the Scientific Council of the Security Council of Russia.
. 19 December 1999 was elected to the State Duma of the third convocation.
. Member of the Communist Party faction.
. Professor, Academician of RAS, and a number of foreign academies.
. Winner of the Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR.
. He was awarded the Order of Labor Red Banner and the Order of the October Revolution, the Gold Medal of
. Stewart Bellantayna, USA.
. Nobel Prize in Physics (2000) for the development of semiconductor components used in ultra-fast computers and fiber-optic communications.
. In his spare time enjoys studying the history of the Great Patriotic War.
. He is married and has two children.
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