Bakhrakh, Lev

Bakhrakh, Lev Davidovich

 

Born July 22, 1921, in Rostov-on-Don. Soviet physicist. Became corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1966. Member of the CPSU since 1947.

Bakhrakh began working at the Moscow Research Institute of Instrument Making in 1945 and continued there when he joined the Radio Engineering Institute in 1947. His major works are in the field of the theory and technique of aerials (specifically, the synthesis of aerials and theory of reflecting and multireflecting aerials). Bakhrakh was awarded the State Prize of the USSR in 1951 and the Lenin Prize in 1961.