Pavel Cherenkov

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Pavel Cherenkov
Павел Черенков
Cherenkov in 1958
Born	Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (1904-07-28)July 28, 1904 Novaya Chigla, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	January 6, 1990(1990-01-06) (aged 85) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Voronezh State University
Known for	Characterizing Cherenkov radiation
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1958)
Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear physics
Institutions	Lebedev Physical Institute
Doctoral advisor	Sergey Vavilov

Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (Russian: Па́вел Алексе́евич Черенко́в [ˈpavʲɪl ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrʲɪnˈkof]; July 28, 1904 – January 6, 1990) was a Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934.^[1]