Nikolay Basov - Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

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  • Lenin Prize (1959)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1964, with the pioneering work done in the field of quantum electronics)
  • Hero of Socialist Labour — twice (1969, 1982)
  • Gold Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1975)
  • A. Volta Gold Medal (1977)
  • Kalinga Prize (1986)
  • USSR State Prize (1989)
  • Lomonosov Grand Gold Medal, Moscow State University (1990)
  • Order of Lenin – five times
  • Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class
  • Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

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