Researcher of the «solar wind» or a little about Oleg Leonidovich Weisberg: on his 90th anniversary

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The publication is dedicated to the scientific life and work of the famous astrophysicist O.L. Weisberg, who is called a researcher of the «solar wind» and one of the main creators of devices for space explorers. The article is based on the use of materials from an interview that Weisberg gave to Professor V.V. Zapariy, and is largely a citation of his story about his teachers and people who had a great influence on him as a scientist, and he also talks about his first steps in space exploration.

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Vladimir V. Zapariy

Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin

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Email: v.v.zaparij@urfu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3326-4796
SPIN-code: 6846-5577
Scopus Author ID: 57211589146
ResearcherId: AAD-7911-2019

Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Professor, Professor of the Department of Russian History, Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation, Full Member of the International Academy of Sciences of Nature and Society, Military History Academy of Russia, Academy of Engineering Sciences, Member of the Union of Journalists of Russia

Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg

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  1. Zapariy V.V. Weisberg // Metallurgists of the Urals: encyclopedia. — Ekaterinburg: UrSU, 2001. — P. 60;
  2. Zapariy V.V., Kamynin V.D. Leonid Emmanuilovich Weisberg and his role in the production of armor steel at the Kuznetsk Metallurgical Plant / // Ferrous metals. — 2020. — No. 5. — P. 68–73.

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2. Fig. 1. In practice in Pulkovo. At the coronagraph Valentin Esipov, Irina Aleksandrovna Prokofieva and Oleg Weisberg. Photo courtesy of V. F. Esipov

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3. Fig. 2. A copy of my device for Tereshkova (duplicate)

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4. Fig. 3. Vostok-6 capsule in the NPO Energia museum

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