| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year: | 1957 |
| Number: | 46 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1894 |
| Year, Death: | 1984 |
| Profession: | Academic |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Sergey I Vavilov |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1891 |
| Year, Death: | 1951 |
| Profession: | Academic |
| University: | USSR Academy of Sciences |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
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Nominee 3:
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| Name: | Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov [Čerenkov] |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1904 |
| Year, Death: | 1990 |
| Profession: | Academic |
| University: | Lebedev Physical Institute |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1958 |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1898 |
| Year, Death: | 1974 |
| City: | Leningrad (now St Petersburg) |
| Country: | U.S.S.R. (SU) now RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
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| Comments: |
First choice: Pyotr L Kapitza, second choice: S Vavilov sharing prize with P A Cerenkov. Vavilov nominated after his death. |
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