Samvel Kocharyants

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Samvel Kocharyants
Самвел Кочарянц
Samvel Kocharyants 2012 Armenian stamp.jpg
Born(1909-01-07)January 7, 1909
DiedAugust 4, 1993(1993-08-04) (aged 84)
NationalitySoviet Union
Known forChief developer of the first Soviet nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles
AwardsHero of Socialist Labor (1962, 1984)
Scientific career
InstitutionsAll-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF)

Samvel Grigorievich Kocharyants (Russian: Самвел Григорьевич Кочарянц; Armenian: Սամվել Գրիգորի Քոչարյանց; born 7 January 1909 in Gavar, Russian Empire, died 4 August 1993 in Sarov, Russia) was a Soviet Armenian designer and developer of the first Soviet nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles.[1][2] He was awarded Hero of Socialist Labor twice.

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