Kyrylo Dmytrovych Synelnykov (Ukrainian: Кирило Дмитрович Синельников; 29 May 1901 – 16 October 1966) was a Soviet and Ukrainian physicist who participated in the Soviet atomic bomb project.
Kyrylo Synelnykov | |
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 Synelnykov (2nd row, 3rd from left) in 1934 at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology | |
| Born | Kyrylo Dmytrovych Synelnykov 29 May 1901 |
| Died | 16 October 1966 (aged 65) |
| Alma mater | M. V. Frunze Crimean University |
| Scientific career | |
Academic advisors | Abram Ioffe |
Biography
editSynelnykov was born in Pavlohrad.
In January 1921, he was accepted into the M. V. Frunze Crimean University, and graduated two years later.
Awards and honors
edit- Three Orders of Lenin
- Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour
- Honored Science and Technology Figure of the Ukrainian SSR
The Synelnykov Prize for outstanding works in the field of physics is named after him.