Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov (January 18, 1875 – April 9, 1955) was a Russia

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 pathologist, full member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences

Russian Academy of Sciences

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 (since 1939) and Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences (since 1944).

He published a lot of works about pathological morphology of tuberculosis and tumors. One benign neuroectodermal tumor, described by Abrikosov as "myoblastomyoma", was named "Abrikosov's tumor". Also, he was author of fundamental multivolume handbook in special pathology.

He is the father to Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov is a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003.- Biography :...

, a Soviet/Russian theoretical physicist and a co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize

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 in Physics.

Abrikosov is thought to be one of the prototypes of Professor Persikov, the principal character of the story Fatal Eggs by Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhaíl Afanásyevich Bulgákov was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel The Master and Margarita, which The Times of London has called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.-Biography:Mikhail Bulgakov was born on...

 (in Russian, "abrikos" means "apricot

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", "persik" means "peach

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").

On the morning of January 23, 1924, Abrikosov was given a task to embalm

Embalming

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 Lenin's body to keep it intact until the burial. The body is still on permanent display in the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow.

Honours and awards

• Stalin Prize, first class (1942) - for scientific study "Private pathological anatomy. Part II: The heart and blood vessels", published in late 1940.
• Two Orders of Lenin
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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• Hero of Socialist Labour (1945)