How the Nobel laureate of 1956 lived: humble life, books, nine Orders of Lenin
In the days when the names of new Nobel laureates are called, the Soviet scientist Nikolai Semenov, the founder of chemical physics, our only Nobel laureate in the field of chemistry, is remembered. In 1956 he received the award for the development of the general theory of chain reactions.
In the days when the names of new Nobel laureates are called, the Soviet scientist Nikolai Semenov, the founder of chemical physics, our only Nobel laureate in the field of chemistry, is remembered. In 1956 he received the award for the development of the general theory of chain reactions.
In the center of Chernogolovka, where he lived and worked, there is a monument: Semenov stands in full growth, his briefcase, hat, jacket are separately immortalized.
Not everyone knows that there is a memorial office of the scientist, his one-storey experimental house in a picturesque forest. The life of those years is striking modesty. And although Semenov was known as a gourmet, his diet will also surprise modern people. Personal belongings, books, a Nobel diploma, a coat and a hat of a scientist are preserved. On the walls there are evidences of numerous awards: nine orders of Lenin, two stars of the Hero of Social Labor.
In 1921, Boris Kustodiev captured 25-year-old Semenov and 27-year-old Peter Kapitsa. Reproduction of the portrait is in the house of the scientist. Future Nobel laureates appealed to the famous artist, saying that they will soon become famous. They paid for the work with a live rooster and a bag of millet.
Artist Katya Isaeva, inspired by Semenova’s idea to turn the city into a garden, reproduced his appeal to descendants “Hello, people of the future” in an old flower shop. There are also excerpts from the letters of the scientist.
