# Gennady Mesyats

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Russian physicist

Gennady Mesyats Геннадий Месяц Mesyats in 2024 Born Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats (1936-02-29) 29 February 1936 (age 90) Kemerovo, West Siberian Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union Citizenship USSR Russia Alma mater Tomsk Polytechnic University Known for High-current electronics emission, Nanosecond pulse sources, Injection gas electronics, Ectons Scientific career Fields Physics of plasma Institutions Lebedev Physical Institute Doctoral advisor Lev Sena

**Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Геннадий Андреевич Месяц, born 29 February 1936) is a Soviet and Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools — high-current electronics and pulse electrophysics, one of the acknowledged world leaders in these areas.[1][2]

He has been a vice-president of the [Russian Academy of Sciences](/source/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences) since 1987 and a director of the [Lebedev Physical Institute](/source/Lebedev_Physical_Institute) since 2004.

## Honours and awards

- [Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"](/source/Order_%22For_Merit_to_the_Fatherland%22), 1st class (2024)

- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2006)

- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1999)

- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (1996)

- [Lenin Komsomol Prize](/source/Lenin_Komsomol_Prize) (1968)

- [Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"](/source/Jubilee_Medal_%22In_Commemoration_of_the_100th_Anniversary_of_the_Birth_of_Vladimir_Ilyich_Lenin%22) (1970)

- [Order of the Red Banner of Labour](/source/Order_of_the_Red_Banner_of_Labour) (1971)

- [USSR State Prize](/source/USSR_State_Prize) (1978)

- [Order of the Badge of Honour](/source/Order_of_the_Badge_of_Honour) (1981)

- [Order of Lenin](/source/Order_of_Lenin) (1986)

- [Dyke Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dyke_Award&action=edit&redlink=1) (1990)[3]

- [State Prize of the Russian Federation for Science and Technology](/source/State_Prize_of_the_Russian_Federation) (1998)

- [Demidov Prize](/source/Demidov_Prize) (2002)

- [Global Energy Prize](/source/Global_Energy_Prize) (2003)

- [Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour) (2008)

- [Order of Honour](/source/Order_of_Honour_(Russia)) (2011)

- [IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award](/source/IEEE_Marie_Sklodowska-Curie_Award) (2012)

- [Order of Alexander Nevsky](/source/Order_of_Alexander_Nevsky) (2021)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-a_1-0)** [*Gennady Mesyats*](https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/gennady-mesyats/isbn/978-620-1-23496-3). Loc. 2012-06-24. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9786201234963](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9786201234963). Retrieved 20 August 2018. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: |work= ignored ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-hdoctors_2-0)** ["Honorary Doctors"](https://www.en.tsu.ru/about/honorary_doctors.php). Retrieved 20 August 2018.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Dyke Awards"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160309041152/http://isdeiv.lbl.gov/awards.html). *isdeiv.lbl.gov*. Archived from [the original](http://isdeiv.lbl.gov/awards.html) on 9 March 2016.

## External links

- [Gennady Mesyats at the Russian Academy of Sciences website](http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_per.asp?P=.id-5.ln-en)

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