Updated Feb 20, 2026
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Birthday
(Thursday)
Died
Birthplace
Usman, Russia
Nationality
Languages
Russian
Spouse
Ksenia Tikhonovna Basova
Children
1 child: Dmitri N. Basov
Education
National Research Nuclear University
Zodiac Sign
♐ Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac
狗 Dog
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Nikolay Basov: Soviet physicist (1922-2001).
Born in Usman (died at age 78).
16 awards including "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal.
Studied at National Research Nuclear University.
AWARDS (16)
B
"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal
WON
B
Edward Teller Award
WON
B
Fellow of the American Physical Society
WON
B
Hero of Socialist Labour
WON
Biography
Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov was a Russian Soviet physicist and educator. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes.
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