Askar Kunaev

Askar Kunayev (Russian: Аскар Минлиахмедович Кунаев, Kazakh: Асқар Меңдіахметұлы Қонаев, Asqar Meñdıahmetūly Qonaev; 14 July 1929 — 31 March 1999) was a Kazakh and Soviet professor, metallurgist, and the president of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences from 1974 to 1986.^[1]

Biography

Kunayev was born on 14 July 1929, in Alma-ata, Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, today known as Almaty, Kazakhstan.^[2] He graduated from the National University of Science and Technology (MISiS) in 1951. He was the brother of Dinmukhamed Kunaev and married to Mukhtar Auezov's daughter Leila.^[3] He was a full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences and President of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR from 1974 to 1986.^[1] He died on 31 March 1999, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Melua, Arkady (2023-06-27). Академия наук. Биографии. 1724—2023 [Academy of Sciences. Biographies. 1724—2023.] (in Russian). Vol. 11. Litres. ISBN 978-5-04-558329-9.
^ ^a ^b "Кунаев А.М. - Общая информация" [Kunaev A.M. - General information]. Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-29.
^ Zyankovich, Nicholas (2005). Самые секретные родственники [The most secret relatives] (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. ISBN 978-5-94850-408-7.

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[:0-1] Melua, Arkady (2023-06-27). Академия наук. Биографии. 1724—2023 [Academy of Sciences. Biographies. 1724—2023.] (in Russian). Vol. 11. Litres. ISBN 978-5-04-558329-9.

[:1-2] "Кунаев А.М. - Общая информация" [Kunaev A.M. - General information]. Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-29.

[3] Zyankovich, Nicholas (2005). Самые секретные родственники [The most secret relatives] (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. ISBN 978-5-94850-408-7.

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