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Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa

Russian: Пётр Леонидович Капица
Also Known As: "Piotr Kapica"
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Birthplace: Kronshtadt, gorod Sankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Russian Federation)
Death: April 08, 1984 (89)
Moscow, gorod Moskva, Moscow, Russia (Russian Federation)
Place of Burial: Moscow, gorod Moskva, Moscow, Russia
Immediate Family:

Son of Leonid Petrovich Kapitsa and Olga Ieronimovna Kapitsa
Husband of Надежда Кирилловна Капица and Anna Alekseevna Kapitsa
Father of Иероним Петрович Капица; Надежда Петровна Капица; Sergey Petrovich Kapitsa and Andrey Petrovich Kapitsa
Brother of Леонид Леонидович Капица; Сергей Леонидович Капица and Георгий Леонидович Капица

Occupation: академик, Физик
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, 1978
Managed by: Yigal Burstein
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About Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa or Peter Kapitza (Russian Пётр Леони́дович Капи́ца) (8 July [O.S. 26 June] 1894 – 8 April 1984) was a leading Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate.


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Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa's Timeline

1894
July 8, 1894
Kronshtadt, gorod Sankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Russian Federation)
1917
June 22, 1917
Saint Petersburg, gorod Sankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Russian Federation)

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1920
January 6, 1920
Saint Petersburg, gorod Sankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Russian Federation)
1928
February 14, 1928
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1931
July 9, 1931
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1984
April 8, 1984
Age 89
Moscow, gorod Moskva, Moscow, Russia (Russian Federation)
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Новодевичье кладбище, Moscow, gorod Moskva, Moscow, Russia (Russian Federation)