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Vladimir Fortov

Russian physicist, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences1946 to 2020

Wikidata names Lev Altshuler, Nikolay Semyonov, Vitaliy Ievlev, and Yakov Zeldovich as doctoral advisors. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata4

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Lev Altshuler
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Nikolay Semyonov
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Vitaliy Ievlev
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Yakov Zeldovich

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataLev Altshulerstated by WikidataNikolay Semyonovstated by WikidataVitaliy Ievlevstated by WikidataYakov Zeldovich
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stated by WikidataLev Landau
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stated by WikidataAbram Ioffe
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stated by WikidataWilhelm Röntgen

Education and career11

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1962 to 1968
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
studied
1971 to 1986
Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics
worked
2002 to 2013
Department of Power Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics and Control Processes
worked
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Joint Institute for High Temperatures
worked
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Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics
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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
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Russian Center for Science Information
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High Temperature
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Advances in Physical Sciences
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Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences
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Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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At a glance

known as: physicist, university teacher, politician, minister
fields: chemical physics, plasma physics, nuclear physics, thermodynamics, aerodynamics, shock wave, thermal physics, physics of high temperatures
degrees: Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, 1976, candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, 1971
awards: USSR State Prize, 1988, Order of Honour, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, 1986, Order of Friendship, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Hannes Alfvén Prize, 2003, Order of Alexander Nevsky, 2013, Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2006, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Max Planck Research Award, 2002, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Demidov Prize, 2017, Russian government prize for science and technology, 1997, Global Energy Prize, 2013, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy", Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms", State Prize of the Russian Federation, 1997, Russian Federation's Government Award, Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour, UNESCO Albert Einstein Medal, George E. Duvall Shock Compression Science Award, 2005, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education, 2010, Order of St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow 1st class, State Prize of the Russian Federation, 2012, Russian government prize for science and technology, 1999, Russian government prize for science and technology, 2003, Bridgman Award, 1999, NN Semenov Gold Medal, 2021
member of: Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, National Academy of Sciences, from 2014, Academia Europaea, from 1998
Wikipedia: in 16 languages

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stated by WikidataWikipediaVladimir Fortov
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stated by WikidataVIAF34551045
stated by WikidataGND129053392
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@misc{academicancestry_Q2587259,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Vladimir Fortov: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q2587259},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Vladimir Fortov: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q2587259