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{{Short description|Soviet chemist}}

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| birth_name = Ivan Lyudvigovich Knunyants

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|06|04}}

| birth_place = [[Shusha]], [[Elizavetpol Governorate]], [[Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)|Caucasus Viceroyalty]], [[Russian Empire]]

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|12|21|1906|06|04}}

| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]

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| known_for = One of major developers of Soviet [[Chemical weapon|chemical weapons]] program

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| awards = [[Hero of Socialist Labour]] (1966)

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'''Ivan Lyudvigovich Knunyants''' ({{lang-langx|hy|Իվան Կնունյանց}}, {{langx|ru|Иван Людвигович Кнунянц}}; {{OldStyleDate|4 June|1906|22 May}} ([[Shusha]],– currently21 [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]December 1990), -was a [[DecemberSoviet 21Union|Soviet]] chemist of [[1990Armenia]]n origin, academician of the ([[MoscowAcademy of Sciences of the Soviet Union]]), was a [[Sovietmajor general]] and engineer, who significantly contributed to the advancement of Soviet [[chemistchemistry]].<ref>{{GSEn|062184|Кнунянц Иван Людвигович}}</ref> He made more than 200 inventions, many of which used in the Soviet industry.

Graduated from [[Bauman Moscow State Technical University|Moscow Bauman Highest Technical School]] (MVTU) [[1928]], student of [[Aleksei Chichibabin]]. Leader of '''laboratory for elementooranic chemistry'''.

He is the inventor of [[Nylon 6|poly-caprolactam]] (capron, nylon-6, polyamide-6), founder of Soviet school of [[fluorocarbon]]'s chemistry, one of major developers of Soviet [[chemical weapons]] program, also an author of a few drugs for [[chemotherapy]] of [[cancer]].

He iswas one of the pioneers of the inventorsynthesis of [[Nylon 6|poly-caprolactam]] (capron, nylon-6, polyamide-6), founder of Soviet school of [[fluorocarbon]]'s chemistry, one of major developers of Soviet [[Chemical weapon|chemical weapons]] program, also an author of a few drugs for [[chemotherapy]] of [[cancer]].

Graduated from [[Moscow State Technical University|Moscow Bauman Highest Technical School]] (MVTU) [[1928]], student of [[Aleksei Chichibabin]]. Leader of '''laboratory for elementooranic chemistry'''.

He proposed the method of getting the 5-hydroxypentan-2-one from [[Ethyl acetate|ethyl ethanoate]] and [[Ethylene oxide|oxirane]], also used in the industrial synthesis of [[B vitamins|vitamin B]]. His scientific group synthesized compounds containing fluorine, along with nitro-, amino-hydroxy-isoquinoline-air and other groups.

Full member of [[Russian Academy of Sciences|Academy of Science of USSR]] ([[1953]]), [[Lenin Prize]] -winner [[1972]], triple [[USSR State Prize|Stalin prize]]-winner ([[1943]],[[1948]],[[1950]]), [[Hero of Socialist Labor]] ([[1966]]), [[Major General]] (chemical troops).

==References Awards ==

* [[Hero of Socialist Labour]] (1966)

*{{ru icon}} [http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/bio_k/knunyanc.html Biography]

* [[Order of Lenin]] (1966)

*{{ru icon}} [http://vivovoco.rsl.ru/VV/MISC/1/KNU.HTM I.L. Knunyants ''Laboratory at Korovy Brod'', Chemistry and Life, N6, 1981]

* [[Lenin Prize]] (1972)

*{{ru icon}} [http://vgd105.valuehost.ru/K/knipper.htm Knunyants entry on the ''All-Russia Genealogical Tree'' site]

* Three [[USSR State Prize|Stalin Prizes]] (1943, 1948 and 1950)

* [[Order of the October Revolution]]

* [[Order of the Red Banner]]

* [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]]

* [[Order of the Red Star]]

== See also ==

[[Category:1906 births|Knunyants, Ivan]]

* [[List of Russian inventors]]

[[Category:1990 deaths|Knunyants, Ivan]]

[[Category:Soviet chemists|Knunyants, Ivan]]

[[Category:Russian chemists|Knunyants, Ivan]]

[[Category:Armenian people|Knunyants, Ivan]]

[[Category:Polymer personalities|Knunyants, Ivan]]

[[Category:Heroes of Socialist Labor|Knunyants, Ivan]]

[[Category:Stalin Prize winners|Knunyants, Ivan]]

[[Category:Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences|Knunyants, Ivan]]

[[sk:Ivan Ľudvigovič Knuňanc]]

==References==

*{{ruin iconlang|ru}} [http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/bio_k/knunyanc.html Biography]

*{{ruin iconlang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060724064521/http://vivovoco.rsl.ru/VV/MISC/1/KNU.HTM I.L. Knunyants ''Laboratory at Korovy Brod'', Chemistry and Life, N6, 1981]

*{{ruin iconlang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930194037/http://vgd105.valuehost.ru/K/knipper.htm Knunyants entry on the ''All-Russia Genealogical Tree'' site]

*{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=12392 Ivan Knunyants on warheroes.ru]

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