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May 14, 2026

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Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov

1896-04-03 • Saratov, Russia  •  Chemistry (1956)
Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov portrait

Born

1896-04-03
Saratov, Russia

Died

1986-09-25
Moscow, USSR

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Nobel Prize

Chemistry
Awarded in 1956
“for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions.”