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obituary2 years ago

Death of Russian Thermonuclear Bomb Inventor Shocks Moscow

Grigory Klinishov, a Russian physicist who helped create the country's first hydrogen bomb, was found dead in his Moscow apartment in an apparent suicide at the age of 92. Klinishov left a suicide note apologizing to his family and citing health issues and the loss of his wife as reasons for his decision. He was known for developing various types of thermonuclear charges and for his role in creating the two-stage thermonuclear bomb known as RDS-37.

Soviet hydrogen bomb inventor's death ruled as suicide.
obituary2 years ago

Soviet hydrogen bomb inventor's death ruled as suicide.

Grigory Klinishov, a Russian physicist and co-creator of the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, committed suicide in his Moscow apartment at the age of 92. He left a death note citing grief over his wife's death and his own health issues. Klinishov had worked under Andrei Sakharov in the 1950s and developed a charge for the RDS-37 hydrogen bomb, which was tested in 1955.