Aleksandr Chernyshyov

Aleksandr Alekseyevich Chernyshov (Russian: Александр Андреевич Чернышeв; 21 August 1882 – 28 April 1940), anglicised Alexander Chernyshov, was an electrical engineer. He graduated from Saint Petersburg Polytechnical Institute in 1907, and worked there until the end of his life. His research consisted of radio engineering and high-voltage techniques. He won the Lenin Prize in 1930.

Left to right: I. V. Obreimov, N. N. Semyonov, P. Ehrenfest, A. F. Joffe, A. A. Chernyshyov, in 1924