The Landau Gold Medal (russian: Премия имени Л. Д. Ландау) is the highest award in

theoretical physics Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experim ...

awarded by the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

and its predecessor the

Soviet Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...

. It was established in 1971 and is named after Soviet physicist and

Nobel Laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...

Lev Landau Lev Davidovich Landau (russian: Лев Дави́дович Ланда́у; 22 January 1908 – 1 April 1968) was a Soviet- Azerbaijani physicist of Jewish descent who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics. His a ...

. When awarded by the

the award was the "Landau Prize"; the name was changed to the "Landau Gold Medal" in 1992.

Prize laureates

*1971 -

Vladimir Gribov Vladimir Naumovich Gribov (Russian Влади́мир Нау́мович Гри́бов; March 25, 1930, LeningradAugust 13, 1997, Budapest) was a prominent Russian theoretical physicist, who worked on high-energy physics, quantum field theory an ...

*1974 -

Evgeny Lifshitz Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz (russian: Евге́ний Миха́йлович Ли́фшиц; February 21, 1915, Kharkiv, Russian Empire – October 29, 1985, Moscow, Russian SFSR) was a leading Soviet physicist and brother of the physicist ...

Vladimir Belinski Vladimir Alekseevich Belinski (last name is also spelled Belinsky, russian: Владимир Алексеевич Белинский; born 26 March 1941) is a Russian and Italian theoretical physicist involved in research in cosmology and general ...

, and

Isaak Khalatnikov Isaak Markovych Khalatnykov ( uk, Ісаа́к Ма́ркович Хала́тников; 17 October 1919 – 9 January 2021) was a leading Soviet theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, ...

*1977 -

Arkady Migdal Arkady Beynusovich (Benediktovich) Migdal (russian: Арка́дий Бе́йнусович (Бенеди́ктович) Мигда́л; Lida, Russian Empire, 11 March 1911 – Princeton, United States, 9 February 1991) was a Soviet physicist and m ...

*1980 -

Aleksandr Gurevich Aleksandr (Alex) Viktorovich Gurevich (russian: Александр Викторович Гуревич) (b. September 19, 1930) is a Soviet and Russian physicist. In 1992 he proposed the theory of lightning initiation known as the " runaway breakdow ...

and

Lev Pitaevskii Lev Petrovich Pitaevskii (russian: Лев Петро́вич Пита́евский ; 18 January 1933 – 23 August 2022) was a Russian theoretical physicist, who made contributions to the theory of quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, low-temper ...

*1983 - Alexander Patashinski and

Valery Pokrovsky Valery Leonidovich Pokrovsky (russian: Валерий Леонидович Покровский; born 1 January 1931) is a USSR, Soviet and Russian physicist. He is a member of the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Landau Institute in Ch ...

*1986 -

Boris Shklovskii Boris Ionovich Shklovskii (born 1944) is a theoretical physicist, at the William I Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota, specializing in condensed matter. Shklovskii earned his A.B. degree in Physics, in 1966 and a Ph.D. in co ...

and

Alexei L. Efros Alexei Lvovich Efros (russian: Алексей Львович Эфрос) is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in condensed matter physics. He is currently a Distinguished Professor at University of Utah. Biography Efros was born ...

*1989 - Alexei Abrikosov,

Lev Gor'kov Lev Petrovich Gor'kov (russian: Лев Петро́вич Горько́в; 14 June 1929 – 28 December 2016) was a Russian-American research physicist internationally known for his pioneering work in the field of superconductivity. He was particul ...

, and

Igor Dzyaloshinskii Igor Ekhielevich Dzyaloshinskii, (Игорь Ехиельевич Дзялошинский, surname sometimes transliterated as Dzyaloshinsky, Dzyaloshinski, Dzyaloshinskiĭ, or Dzyaloshinkiy, 1 February 1931, Moscow – 14 July 2021) was a Russia ...

*1992 -

Grigoriy Volovik Grigory (or Grigori or Grigorii) Efimovich Volovik (Григорий Ефимович Воловик; born 7 September 1946 in Moscow) is a Russian theoretical physicist, who specializes in condensed matter physics. He is known for the Volovik effec ...

and Vladimir P. Mineev *1998 - Spartak Belyaev *2002 -

Lev Okun Lev Borisovich Okun ( rus, Лев Борисович Окунь; 7 July 1929 – 23 November 2015) was a Soviet theoretical physicist. Early life and education He was born in Sukhinichi in 1929 in the Soviet Union, and graduated from Moscow Me ...

*2008 -

*2013 -

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*2018 -

References

{{Reflist Awards established in 1971 Orders, decorations, and medals of Russia Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union Physics awards Awards of the Russian Academy of Sciences USSR Academy of Sciences 1971 establishments in the Soviet Union

Prize laureates

See also

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