Grigory Yemelyanovich Klinishov (Russian: Григорий Емельянович Клинишов, 30 October 1930 – c. 17 June 2023) was a Soviet Russian physicist and recipient of the Lenin Prize. He was one of the creators of the Soviet hydrogen bomb RDS-37.

Scientific career

Klinishov graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1954 and held the rank of the Candidate of the Physical and Mathematical Sciences.[1] He was sent to the KB-11 (Constructor Bureau-11) of the Ministry of Medium Machine Building (later called All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics), a facility tasked with developing nuclear and thermonuclear weapons. There he worked as an engineer in a theoretical department under Andrei Sakharov.[1]

Klinishov developed the charge for the Soviet hydrogen bomb RDS-37.[1] The bomb was tested on 22 November 1955 in Semipalatinsk. Klinishov also developed several types of thermonuclear charges for next-generation bombs.[1]

Death

Klinishov committed suicide at the age of 92, his body was found by relatives on 17 June 2023 in his apartment in Moscow.[1] He left a death note where he bid farewell to his relatives.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Создатель первой термоядерной бомбы покончил с собой в Москве" (in Russian). Regnum. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
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