Yuri Ryzhov (physicist)

Yuri Ryzhov
Yury Ryzhov at Rally for science and education (Moscow; 2015-06-06)
Born
Yuri Alekseyevich Ryzhov

(1930-10-28)28 October 1930
Died29 July 2017(2017-07-29) (aged 86)
Moscow, Russia
Citizenship Soviet Union
 Russia
Alma materMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Yuri Alekseyevich Ryzhov (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Рыжо́в; 28 October 1930 – 29 July 2017) was a Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of fluid dynamics, political and social activist, diplomat, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1970), member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Academician since 1987; Corresponding Member since 1981), former Russian Ambassador to France (1992-1998).