Alexei Abrikosov — physics (nobel) with roots in the USSR
Alexei Abrikosov revolutionized condensed matter physics with his theory of Type II superconductors and vortex lattices. Born in Moscow in 1928, he trained under Lev Landau and later joined Argonne National Laboratory. He shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics with Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony Leggett.
"Emigrated to the United States in 1991 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union."
Migration storyTracing the roots — Moscow
Raised in Moscow by two physicians—his father a pathologist, his mother a pioneering forensic doctor—Abrikosov came of age within Soviet scientific culture at its most rigorous. Landau's school forged his theoretical instincts; the USSR's physics establishment was both his crucible and his constraint.
Moscow. At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.