Aleksander Adolfovich Burba
Александр Адольфович Бурба
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Burba in 1968
Born(1918-08-06)6 August 1918
Yenakievo, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Ukrainian State
Died5 October 1984(1984-10-05)(aged 66)
Orenburg, Russia, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian State (1918),
Ukrainian SSR (1919-1922),
Soviet Union
Alma materRostov State University (1941)
Known forFounder of metallurgy of germanium in Russia
AwardsOrder of Lenin (1961, 1966)
Order of October Revolution (1971)
Order of the Badge of Honour (1957, 1981)
Six medals
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Scientific career
Fieldschemistry,
metallurgy
InstitutionsHydrochemical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences,
Mednogorsk Copper-Sulfur Plant ,
Orenburg Polytechnic Institute
Doctoral advisorD. M. Chizhikov