Kirill Y. Kondratyev (physicist)
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Kirill Y. Kondratyev was a Russian atmospheric physicist
Atmospheric physics
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Kondratyev was born about 300 km northwest of Moscow
Moscow
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. He went to school in Leningrad
Leningrad
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 and in 1938 entered the University of Leningrad to study physics, mathematics and chemistry. In 1941, he joined the Russian army and experienced the siege of Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad
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. He graduated in atmospheric physics in 1946 and was made and assistant professor in the Faculty of Physics. He later held the posts of lecturer, research scientist, professor of atmospheric physics, chief of the Department of Atmospheric Physics, University Vice-Rector and Rector. From 1958-61 he was Head of the Department of Radiation Studies at the Main Geophysical Observatory. He was a staff member of the Institute for Lake Research and the Research Centre for Ecological Safety. He helped to create the Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre.

He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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, the International Academy of Astronautics
International Academy of Astronautics
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, the International Academy of Sciences "Leopoldina," the American Meteorological Society
American Meteorological Society
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 and the Royal Meteorological Society
Royal Meteorological Society
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. He received Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Lille (France), Athens (Greece) and Budapest (Hungary). His prizes include the USSR State Prize and the Twelfth International Meteorological Organization Prize. He was editorial advisor to Proceedings of the Russian Geographic Society (Russia), Idojaras (Hungary), Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (Austria), Atmosfera (Mexico), Il Nuovo Cimento C (Italy) and Sustainable Development (USA).

He was a leading researcher in the Complex Atmospheric Energetic Experiment (CAENEX) project, 1970-75, the object of which was to study the transport of all categories of energy and all types of flux heat divergence in the atmosphere.

Kondratyev served as a member of the International Programme Committee for the World Conference on Climate Change, held in Moscow
Moscow
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 in 2003, where he presented a paper entitled "Uncertainties of Global Climate Change Observations and Simulation Modeling." His skepticism about global warming is said to have influenced the views of Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
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, the President of Russia, on climate change.

He died on 1 May 2006.
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