“With a feeling of deep sorrow, Belarus took in the news of the death of Zhores Ivanovich Alferov. The great son of the Belarusian land, a prominent scientist of our era, a Nobel laureate, a well-known public figure, passed away, ”the press service of the Belarusian president cites the text of a telegram from Lukashenko.
Zhores Alferov died at the age of 89.
According to doctors, the cause of the death of a scientist was acute cardiopulmonary failure.
Alferov will be buried in the cemetery in Komarov, near St. Petersburg.