Gury Marchuk | |
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Гурий Марчук | |
 Marchuk in 2012 | |
| Born | (1925-06-08)8 June 1925 |
| Died | 24 March 2013(2013-03-24) (aged 87) Moscow, Russia |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
| Awards | Lomonosov Gold Medal (2004) |
Gury Ivanovich Marchuk (Russian:Гурий Иванович Марчук; 8 June 1925 – 24 March 2013) was aSoviet andRussian scientist in the fields of computational mathematics, and physics of atmosphere.[1] Academician (since 1968); the President of theUSSR Academy of Sciences in 1986–1991. Among his notable prizes are theUSSR State Prize (1979),Demidov Prize (2004),Lomonosov Gold Medal (2004).
Marchuk was born inOrenburg Oblast,Russia. A member of theCommunist Party of the Soviet Union since 1947, Academician Marchuk was elected to theCentral Committee of the Party as a candidate member in 1976 and as a full member in 1981.[2] He was elected as deputy of theSupreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1979.[2] He was appointed to succeedVladimir Kirillin as chairman of theState Committee for Science and Technology (GKNT) in 1980.[3]
Marchuk was a proponent of the Integrated Long-Term Programme (ILTP) of Cooperation in Science & Technology that was established in 1987 as a scientific cooperative venture betweenIndia and the Soviet Union. The programme allowed the scientists of the countries to collaboratively undertake research in areas as diverse as healthcare andlasers. Marchuk co-chaired the programme's Joint Council with Prof.C.N.R. Rao for 25 years and was made an honorary member ofIndia's National Academy of Sciences.[4] In 2002, theGovernment of India conferred thePadma Bhushan on him.[5]
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| Preceded by | President of theAcademy of Sciences of the USSR 1986–1991 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chairman of theState Committee for Science and Technology (GKNT) 1980–1987 | Succeeded by |
