Dmitry Zimin Biography

Dmitry Borisovich Zimin was born on April 28 in Moscow. Its ancestors are famous for designing and building a metropolitan water supply, founded silk-toothed production in the Moscow-Drezun and Orekhovo-Zuevo near Moscow; At the beginning of the 20th century, one of them Sergei Zimin created a private opera theater. Bauman, was repressed in the year. Mother worked as a driver. He graduated from the Radio Faculty of the Moscow Aviation Institute in the year defended his thesis, in - received the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences.

The laureate of the A. Prize named after A. has been holding leading posts at the RTI RTI RTI named after Mints: He worked as the head of the laboratory, the head of the scientific department, director of the Center for the Development of Radio Engineering, Deputy Chief Designer of the largest ground radar station, which is part of the missile defense system. In the beginning of the x, with a group of engineers, the RTI created a small enterprise "KB Impuls", which designed and issued a civilian radio equipment.

In the year, the mobile telecommunication company “Vimpelcom” was the initiator of the Bee Line's mobile telecommunication company. The general director and president of Vimpelcom, D. Zimin for many years was a member of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the RSPP. In the year, he became the laureate of the National Prize "Business Olympus" in the nomination "Business Training".

All charitable projects related to the name of Dmitry Zimin are funded from the enduum. In the year, he founded the Fund of Non -Profit Dynasty programs. The goals of his activities were the support of Russian fundamental science and education and the popularization of scientific knowledge. On a competitive basis, the fund supported young scientists - physicists, mathematicians, biologists working in fundamental science, and the best Russian teachers, educational programs for gifted children.

He contributed to the publication of the best translated and Russian popular science books, conducted festivals of popular science in different cities of the country and open lectures of world-famous scientists, and helped the development of a popular science site about the fundamental science "Elements". The Dynasty Foundation stopped its work in the year, after it was included in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the register of non -profit organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent.

In the year he created the Moscow Time Foundation. The task of the fund is to demonstrate the changes that have occurred in Moscow over the past one and a half centuries both in the architectural-historical and cultural and sociological terms. B-along with the Dynasty Foundation-established the Enlightener Award for the best popular science book in Russian. He was awarded the medal Andrew Carnegie “For Charity”, he, the first of the Russian philanthropists, was marked by this prestigious award, which is often called the Nobel Prize for charity.

For a special contribution to the popularization of science and support of the scientific community, he was awarded the Prize and Science of the Russian Federation “For Fidelity of Science” - in the nomination “For the Patronage of Science” in the year, Dmitry Zimin was named one of the most influential Russians over the past hundred years - according to the version of Forbes magazine.

Immediately after the news of his death, many publications devoted to his memory. Here are the links only to some of them:.