Yuri Babayev

Yuri Babayev
Бабаев, Юрий Николаевич
Born	(1928-05-21)May 21, 1928 Moscow, Soviet Union Present day, Moscow, Russia)
Died	October 6, 1986(1986-10-06) (aged 58) Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting place	Kuntsevo Cemetery
Nationality	Russian
Siglum	Yu.N
Citizenship	Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Known for	Soviet atomic bomb project
Awards	State Prize of Russia (2000) Hero of Socialist Labor (1962) Lenin Prize (1959) Stalin Prize (1953)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	VNIIEF

Yuri Nikolayevich Babayev (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Бабаев; 21 May 1928 – 6 October 1986), k.N, was a Soviet physicist who spent a long career in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons, and known as one of the principles who designed the Tsar Bomba, the largest-ever nuclear weapon.