Mikhail Dobriyan

Mikhail Borisovich Dobriyan (Russian: Михаил Борисович Добриян; 26 June 1947 – 16 November 2013), was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program and a former director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Tarusa.[1] He was one of the leading figures in the programs of the International Astrophysical Observatory GRANAT and Vega program.[2] He was a head of Tarussky District[3] and an honorary citizen of the city of Tarusa.[4] A street there is named in his honor, and a memorial is dedicated to his memory.[5][6][7]

Mikhail Borisovich Dobriyan
Born(1947-06-26)26 June 1947
Frunze, Soviet Union
Died16 October 2013(2013-10-16) (aged 66)
Moscow, Russia
Scientific career
FieldsEngineering (mechanics)
InstitutionsRussian Space Research Institute

Other awards

References
  1. List of directors of the SKB KP IKI RAN Archived 2012-07-20 at archive.today
  2. Social-political newspaper of the Tarusa loc. gov. «October». Tarusa, April 2011
  3. Contacts msu-russia.ru
  4. List of the Tarusian honorary citizens
  5. Honoring of a Very Important Tarusian
  6. Celebration of 768 years of Tarusa Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Opening of the Memorial dedicated to the memory of Mikhail B. Dobriyan.
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