Grigorii Deviatykh

Deviatykh, Grigorii Grigor’evich

 

Born Dec. 1, 1918, in the village of Baranovshchina, Viatka Province. Soviet chemist. Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1968). Member of the CPSU since 1947.

Deviatykh graduated from the chemistry department of the University of Gorky in 1941. He is head of the department of inorganic chemistry at the University of Gorky as well as head of a laboratory of the Institute of Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (in the city of Gorky). His principal works deal with the separation of stable isotopes and the preparation and analysis of extremely pure substances. Deviatykh has been awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and various medals.