# Pyotr Kapitsa

_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:** 26 June 1894 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172844#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Kronstadt ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172844#P19))
- **Died:** 8 April 1984 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172844#P570))
- **Place of death:** Moscow ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172844#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Russian Empire; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172844#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; inventor; professor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172844#P106))
- **Education:** Trinity College; Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute; University of Cambridge ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172844#P69))
- **Spouse:** Anna Krylova ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172844#P26))
- **Awards:** 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; Faraday Medal; Order of Lenin; Franklin Medal; doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger; Hero of Socialist Labour; doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Cothenius Medal; Lomonosov Gold Medal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172844#P166))

## 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.

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