Samvel Kocharyants

Samvel Grigorievich Kocharyants (; ; born 7 January 1909 in Gavar, Russian Empire, died 4 August 1993 in Sarov, Russia) was a Soviet Armenian designer and developer of the first Soviet nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles. He was awarded Hero of Socialist Labor twice.

Awards

• Hero of Socialist Labor (2).
• Order of Lenin (6).
• Order of the October Revolution.
• Medal "For Labour Valour".
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin".
• Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR.
• Lenin Prize.
• Stalin Prize (3).
• USSR State Prize.

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