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He became a member of the  Russian Academy of Sciences and succeeded Igor Tamm as head of the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FIAN). After the fall of the Soviet-Union Ginzburg presented himself as an atheist and became an outspoken critic of the Russian Orthodox clergy's influence in Russian society. Yet simultaneously, he publicly identified as an agnostic Jew, served on the board of directors of the Russian Jewish Congress, vocally fought what he considered anti-semitism in Russian society and was a very active supporter and fundraiser for Israel and Zionist causes."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"4 October 1916","date":"1916-10-04"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104668#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Moscow","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104668#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"8 November 2009","date":"2009-11-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104668#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of 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