What is Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov?
[[File:Yury Ryzhov.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Ryzhov in June 2015]] '''Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov''' ({{lang-ru|Ю́рий Алексе́евич Рыжо́в}}; October 28, 1930 &ndash; July 29, 2017) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Russia]]n scientist in the field of [[fluid dynamics]], political and social activist. He was born in [[Moscow]]. He was a member of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] ([[Academician]] since 1987; Corresponding Member since 1981). He served as [[List of Ambassadors of Russia to France|Russian Ambassador to France]] from 1992 through 1998.<sup>[1]</sup> Ryzhov died on July 29, 2017 in Moscow at the age of 86.<ref>[http://mhg-main.org/news/umer-akademik-yuriy-ryzhov Умер академик Юрий Рыжов]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * [http://www.pugwash.ru/history/galery/2529.html Biography on the website of the Russian Pugwash Committee at the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryzhov, Yuri Alekseevich}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Scientists from Moscow]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Russia]] [[Category:Politicians from Moscow]] [[Category:Soviet politicians]] {{bio-stub}}