MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered deep condolences on the death of the prominent academic, Nobel Laureate Zhores Alferov, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Saturday.
"The head of the state noted a huge contribution of the prominent Russian scientist in the development of the Russian and global science, noted his solid public stance and the role he played in the country’s public life," Peskov said.
Zhores Alferov was born in Vitebsk on March 30, 1930. After completing high school, he was enrolled at Electrotechnical Institute in Leningrad without entrance exams, and graduated from it with honors in 1952. He was elected a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1972, and a full member in 1979.
In 2000, Alferov together with US scientists Jack Kilby and Herbert Kroemer were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Alferov and Kroemer received it for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed-and optoelectronics, while Kilby - for taking part in invention of integrated circuit.