Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for Yakov Zeldovich across 8 places, from 1914 to 1973.
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Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions, combustion, and hydrodynamical phenomena.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1914year
Saint Petersburgattested“However, in mid-1914, the Zeldovich family moved to Saint Petersburg.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1942year
Kazanattested“In 1942, Zeldovich was relocated to Kazan, and tasked by the People's Commissariat of Munitions to carry out work on conventional gun powders to be supplied to the Soviet Army, while Khariton was asked to design the new types of conventi…”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1942year
Sovietattested“In 1942, Zeldovich was relocated to Kazan, and tasked by the People's Commissariat of Munitions to carry out work on conventional gun powders to be supplied to the Soviet Army, while Khariton was asked to design the new types of conventi…”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1943year
Kazanattested“They remained in Kazan until the summer of 1943, when Zeldovich moved to Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1943year
Moscowattested“They remained in Kazan until the summer of 1943, when Zeldovich moved to Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1946year
Arzamas 16attested“Zeldovich joined Igor Kurchatov's small team at this secretive laboratory in Moscow to launch the work on the nuclear combustion theory, and became a head of the theoretical department at the Arzamas-16 in 1946.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1946year
Arzamasattested“Zeldovich joined Igor Kurchatov's small team at this secretive laboratory in Moscow to launch the work on the nuclear combustion theory, and became a head of the theoretical department at the Arzamas-16 in 1946.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1946year
Moscowattested“Zeldovich joined Igor Kurchatov's small team at this secretive laboratory in Moscow to launch the work on the nuclear combustion theory, and became a head of the theoretical department at the Arzamas-16 in 1946.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1949year
United Statesattested“In 1949, Zeldovich led a team of physicists that conducted the first nuclear test, the RDS-1, based roughly on the American design obtained through the atomic spies in the United States, though he continued his fundamental work on explos…”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1965year
Sternberg Astronomical Instituteattested“From 1965, he was a professor at the Department of Physics of the Moscow State University and a head of the division of Relativistic Astrophysics at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1973year
Moscowattested“During Stephen Hawking's visit to Moscow in 1973, Soviet scientists Zeldovich and Alexei Starobinsky showed Hawking that, according to the quantum mechanical uncertainty principle, rotating black holes should create and emit particles.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
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1932 to 1934period
Leningrad State Universitymentioned“From 1932 to 1934, Zeldovich attended the undergraduate courses on physics and mathematics at the Leningrad State University (now Saint Petersburg State University), and later attended the technical lectures on introductory physics at th…”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
1932 to 1934period
Leningrad Polytechnic Institutementioned“From 1932 to 1934, Zeldovich attended the undergraduate courses on physics and mathematics at the Leningrad State University (now Saint Petersburg State University), and later attended the technical lectures on introductory physics at th…”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
August 1941month
Kazanmentioned“They resided there until August 1941, when the family was evacuated together with the faculty of the Institute of Chemical Physics to Kazan to avoid the Axis Invasion of the Soviet Union.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
October 1963month
Arzamas 16mentioned“He remained associated with the nuclear testing program, while heading the experimental laboratories at Arzamas-16 until October 1963, when he left for academia.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
October 1963month
Arzamasmentioned“He remained associated with the nuclear testing program, while heading the experimental laboratories at Arzamas-16 until October 1963, when he left for academia.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
January 1983month
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematicsmentioned“He was a head of division at the Institute of the Applied Mathematics of the USSR Academy of Sciences from 1965 until January 1983.”source: Wikipedia: Yakov Zeldovich
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