What is Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov?
'''Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov''' ({{lang-ru|Исаак Маркович Халатников}}; {{lang-uk|Ісаак Маркович Халатников}}; 17 October 1919 – 9 January 2021) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-born [[physicist]]. He was known for his role in developing the [[BKL singularity|BKL conjecture]] in [[general relativity]]. Khalatnikov was born in [[Dnipro]], [[Ukraine]]. Khalatnikov directed the [[Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics]] in [[Moscow]] from 1965 to 1992. He was elected to the [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]] in 1984. In 1994, he became a fellow at the [[Royal Society]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Khalatnikov's C.V. | url=http://khalat.itp.ac.ru/ | access-date=August 11, 2005 | archive-date=May 1, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501152208/http://khalat.itp.ac.ru/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Khalatnikov died in [[Chernogolovka]], [[Russia]] on 9 January 2021, aged 101.<ref>[https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/prominent-physicist-khalatnikov-involved-in-1136277.html Prominent Physicist Khalatnikov, Involved In Building 1st Soviet Nuclear Weapon, Dies]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Khalatnikov, Isaak Markovich}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Ukrainian physicists]] [[Category:Russian physicists]] [[Category:Russian centenarians]] [[Category:Soviet scientists]] {{bio-stub}}