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Pyotr Kapitsa

प्योट्र कापिट्सा

Soviet physicist

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Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, also known as Peter Kapitza, was a Russian and Soviet physicist, whose research focused on low-temperature physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Kronstadt wd
Died
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Place of death
Moscow wd
Citizenship
Russian Empire, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic wd
Occupation
physicist, inventor, professor wd
Education
Trinity College, Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, University of Cambridge wd
Spouse
Anna Krylova wd

Awards wd

  • Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
  • Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
  • Medal "Veteran of Labour"
  • Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
  • Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
  • State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1941)
  • Faraday Medal (1942)
  • Order of Lenin (1943)
  • Franklin Medal (1944)
  • doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger (1944)
  • Hero of Socialist Labour (1945)
  • doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1945)
  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1954)
  • Cothenius Medal (1959)
  • Lomonosov Gold Medal (1959)

Questions

When was Pyotr Kapitsa born?
Pyotr Kapitsa was born on 26 June 1894 in Kronstadt.
Where did Pyotr Kapitsa study?
Pyotr Kapitsa was educated at Trinity College, Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, University of Cambridge.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Pyotr Kapitsa · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q172844 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Pyotr Kapitsa 1930s.jpg by Unknown (Mondadori Publishers) (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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