# Pavel Cherenkov

_Soviet physicist (1904-1990)_

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> Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov was a Soviet physicist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm "for the discovery and interpretation of the Cherenkov effect".

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 28 July 1904 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Novaya Chigla ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970#P19))
- **Died:** 6 January 1990 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970#P570))
- **Place of death:** Moscow ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Russian Empire; Soviet Union ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970#P27))
- **Occupation:** nuclear physicist; inventor; physicist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970#P106))
- **Political party:** Communist Party of the Soviet Union ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970#P102))
- **Education:** Voronezh State University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970#P69))
- **Spouse:** Maria Putintseva ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970#P26))
- **Awards:** State Stalin Prize, 1st degree; USSR State Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Nobel Prize in Physics; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of the Badge of Honour; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970#P166))

## Questions

**When was Pavel Cherenkov born?**  
Pavel Cherenkov was born on 28 July 1904 in Novaya Chigla.

**Where did Pavel Cherenkov study?**  
Pavel Cherenkov was educated at Voronezh State University.

## Related

- [Alexander Prokhorov](https://diginpl.com/people/alexander-prokhorov)
- [Alexey Ekimov](https://diginpl.com/people/alexey-ekimov)
- [Igor Tamm](https://diginpl.com/people/igor-tamm)
- [Ilya Frank](https://diginpl.com/people/ilya-frank)
- [Konstantin Novoselov](https://diginpl.com/people/konstantin-novoselov)
- [Pyotr Kapitsa](https://diginpl.com/people/pyotr-kapitsa)
- [Vitaly Ginzburg](https://diginpl.com/people/vitaly-ginzburg)
- [Julian Sochocki](https://diginpl.com/people/julian-sochocki)
- [Leonid Sedov](https://diginpl.com/people/leonid-sedov)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Pavel Cherenkov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Cherenkov) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q76970](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76970) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Cerenkov.jpg by Nobel foundation (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cerenkov.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

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