Background
He was born in the small village of Dragli, Poland.
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Alexander Aleksandr
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Education
He then joined the Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute, where he studied atomic interactions with electrons and molecules.
Career
In 1921, he entered the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1926. In 1930, he began research into nuclear physics. He helped organize the Ukrainian Physico-Technical Institute in Kharkov and became its director
In 1934, he was sent to England for a year as a visiting researcher at the Rutherford Laboratory.
He became head of the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences, UkrSSR, in 1941 and held that post until 1949. Following the war, he played a significant role in the development of nuclear power in the Soviet Union.
In particular, he pioneered the development of Soviet fast breeder reactor technology. The A. I. Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering in Obninsk is named after him.
Politics
In 1963, he was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor.
Membership
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Political Party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union