Biography of Wladimir Jewgenjewitsch Fortow

Wladimir Jewgenjewitsch Fortow (* 23. January 1946 in Noginsk; † 29. November 2020 in Moscow) was a russischer Physiker. He was 74 years old. He studied at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He worked at Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Center for Science Information, Department of Power Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics and Control Processes, High Temperature, Advances in Physical Sciences, W mire nauki and Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences. He received 10 awards, including USSR State Prize, Order of Honour. His cause of death was COVID-19. He was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.