Background
Rakitin, Yuri Vasilievitch was born on July 9, 1947 in Klaipeda, Russia. Son of Vasili Vasilievitch and Maria Vasilievna (Maenkova) Rakitin.
Rakitin, Yuri Vasilievitch was born on July 9, 1947 in Klaipeda, Russia. Son of Vasili Vasilievitch and Maria Vasilievna (Maenkova) Rakitin.
Engineer-physicist, Moscow Physical-Technology Institute, 1971; Candidate in Physical Sciences, Moscow Physical-Technology Institute, 1974.
Engineer, scientist, senior scientist, leading scientist, Nova Scoti Kurnakov Institute General and Inorganic Chemistry, Moscow, 1974-1987; general scientist, Institute Chemistry & Technology Rare Elements & Mineral Raw Material, Apatity, Russia, since 1987.
Married Valentina Michailovna Govorova, January 24, 1970. Children: Aleksei, Elena.