In memory of the scientist :: ELYASHEVICH Mikhail Aleksandrovich

— Graduated from Leningrad State University (1930).
— In 1930-1935 and 1954-1956 - at the Institute of Chemical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in 1935-1949 - at the State Optical Institute.
— At the same time in 1932–1937 - Assistant at the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, in 1935–1941 - Associate professor at Leningrad State University, in 1945–1947 and 1952–1957 - Professor at the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute named after A.I. Herzen, in 1946-1951 - Head of the Department of the Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics (Leningrad).
— In 1956-1968 - Head of the Laboratory of the Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, and at the same time since 1957 - Professor of the Belarusian State University named after V.I. Lenin (BSU).
— In 1968-1977 - Head of the Department of BSU and at the same time Head of the Laboratory of the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR.
— In 1977-1983 - Professor of BSU.
— Since 1983 - Senior Researcher, Consultant of the Research Institute of Applied Physical Problems of the Belarusian State University, since 1990 - Chief Researcher at the Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer named after A.V. Lykov of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR (since 1991 - Academy of Sciences of Belarus), since 1995 - Advisor to the Directorate of the Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
— In 1967-1971 - Deputy of the Supreme Council of the BSSR.

Scientific works on theoretical spectroscopy, low-temperature plasma physics, theory of the structure of matter, history of quantum physics. He developed the foundations of the theory of vibrations and vibrational spectra of polyatomic molecules. Performed a number of studies on rare earth spectroscopy, plasma spectroscopy and high-temperature processes. Developer of measurements of the parameters of the atomic explosion, a direct participant in the preparation and conduct of optical observations during the tests of the first atomic bomb (1949) and the first thermonuclear bomb of megaton power (1955) in the USSR.

Author of about 200 scientific papers, including 7 monographs.

State Prizes of the USSR: for the successful implementation of important scientific research (1949); for the two-volume monograph Oscillation of Molecules (1950). Lenin Prize (1966) for scientific works in the field of physical sciences. State Prize of the Republic of Belarus (1992) for a series of works on the physics of plasma-dynamic processes during laser-plasma effects on metals and composite materials.

Awarded with the Order of Lenin (1949), "Badge of Honor" (1956), the Labor Red Banner (1968), medals.

Major papers:

Колебания молекул : в 2 т. М. ; Л. 1949 (в соавт.; 2-е изд. М., 1972).
Спектры редких земель. М. ; Л., 1953.
Атомная и молекулярная спектроскопия. М., 1962 (2-е изд. М., 2001).
Развитие Нильсом Бором квантовой теории атома и принципа соответствия // Успехи физ. наук. 1985. Т. 147, вып. 2.
Подготовка и проведение оптических наблюдений первого советского ядерного взрыва // Вопр. истории естество- знания и техники. 1996. № 2.
Основы атомной физики. М., 2006 (в соавт.).