Photos

    Awards

    Research students

    Selected media coverage

    Reminiscence

    Selected poetry
    Memorial page in honour of Vladimir E. Zakharov
    (1st of August 1939 — 20th of August 2023).
    You spirit three times wise! you more than mighty man!
    Of whom not night of time, nor blind illusion's ban,
    Nor sullen envy could the senses seize and bind,
    The senses which anew the course of earth did find;..
    Andreas Gryphius
    fragment of "Concerning Nicolaus Copernicus' Picture"
    from George C. Schoolfield,"The German Lyric of the Baroque in English Translation", p. 163, UNC, 1961.
    Dear Colleagues and Friends,

    With great sadness we inform you that our beloved Colleague and Friend Vladimir Evgen'evich Zakharov passed away on August 20, 2023, peacefully while sleeping. It is a huge loss for all of us. Vladimir Zakharov is the creative giant who shaped the face of modern science of nonlinear phenomena ranging from plasma physics and nonlinear optics to the theory of integrable systems, ocean surface waves, and cosmology. He was a genius with unsurpassed intuition and creativity for several generations of mathematician, physicists and colleagues who worked with him.

    If you would like to add some material (photos of or reminiscence about Vladimir Zakharov, etc.) to this web-site, please, send a request either to coordinator Pavel Lushnikov or to creator of the web-site Alexander Korotkevich.
    Link to the recording of the First Memorial Zoom Session (in English) from 28th of August, 2023.
    Link to the recording of the Second Memorial Zoom Session (in Russian) from 29th of August, 2023.
    Link to the Memorial YouTube Channel with live recordings (unedited) of both memorial sessions from 28th and 29th of August, 2023.
    All the best,

    Gregory Falkovich

    Ildar Gabitov

    Alexander Korotkevich

    Evgeny Kuznetsov

    Pavel Lushnikov

    Alexander Mikhailov
    Photos of Vladimir Zakharov from different sources.
    V.E. Zakharov with the Dirac Medal.
    V.E. Zakharov in Arizona, February of 2008.
    V.E. Zakharov, RAS pass photo.
    Collection from Luc Bergé.
    Collection from Maxim Pavlov.
    Huge collection (76MB) of photos from Landau Institute.
    Photos from 1960s.
    Some photos from Evgeniy Maslov.
    Some photos from Galina Dudnikova.
    Some photos from Gennady Fridman.
    Some photos from Lev Ostrovsky.
    Some photos from Sergei Turitsyn.
    Some photos from Vika Grigoryeva.
    Photos from Andrei Pogrebkov (04th of October, 2007).
    Some photos from Yury Stepanyants.
    Awards and Honours of Vladimir Zakharov.
    2020 Martin Kruskal Lecture Award (SIAM)
    2019 N.N. Bogolyubov Gold Medal
    2018 Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
    2012 Elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
    2012 Elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America.
    2012 Elected Member of European Academy of Sciences.
    2004 Regent's Professor, University of Arizona.
    2003 Dirac Medal of the Abdul Sallam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
    1999 Order for the Service to Russian federation, awarded to 60th year anniversary.
    1993 State Prize of Russian Federation for research in Soliton Theory, Russia.
    1991 Elected Full Member Academician of the Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
    1989 Order of Honors from the State, USSR.
    1987 State Prize for research in Plasma Theory, USSR.
    1984 Elected Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR.
    1977 State Attestat of Professor of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, USSR.
    1963 Honors Graduate, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, USSR.
    Research students advised by Vladimir Zakharov.
    1. E. Kuznetsov, PhD (1973): "Some Problems of Dynamics and Kinetics of Nonlinear Waves in Plasma", Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk.
    2. A. Rubenchik, PhD (1973): "Some Aspects of Nonlinear Wave Theory in Media with Dispersion", Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk.
    3. S. L. Musher, PhD (1974): "Some Aspects of the Weak Turbulent Theory", Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk.
    4. A. Berkhoer, PhD (1975): "Self-interaction of Waves in Nonlinear Dielectrics", Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk.
    5. B. Sturman, PhD (1975): "On Weak Turbulence of Plasma in Strong Magnetic Field", Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk.
    6. S. Manakov, PhD (1976): "Inverse Scattering Method in Application to the Theory of Nonlinear Waves", Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    7. A. Mikhailov, PhD (1978): "The Classical Field Theory in Two-Dimensional Space: Relative-Invariant Models Integrable by the Inverse Scattering Method", Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    8. V. Shrira, PhD (1981): "Self-modulation of Internal Waves in the Ocean", Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow.
    9. I. Gabitov, PhD (1983): "Electrodynamics of Active Media and Inverse Scattering Transform", Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    10. E. Shulman: "Motion Invariants of Classical Hamiltonian Wave Systems", 1981-1984, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow.
    11. L. Schur, PhD (1983): "On Stochastisity in Some Hamiltonian Systems", Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    12. S. Badulin, PhD (1985): "Transformation of internal waves on imhomogeneities of hydrological fields of an ocean", Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow.
    13. J. Assalauov: "Collapse of Plasma Waves in a Magnetic Field", 1983-1985, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    14. S. Burtzev, PhD (1987): "Models of Hydrodynamics and Nonlinear Optics: The Method of Inverse Scattering", Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    15. A. Balk, PhD (1988): "Stability Analysis of Weak Turbulent Kolmogorov Spectra", Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    16. A. Pushkarev, PhD (1988): "Numerical Simulation of Strong Langmuir Turbulence", Institute for Space Research, Moscow.
    17. O. Lavrova: "On the Nonlinear Frequency Shift for Surface Gravity Waves", 1986-1989, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow.
    18. S. Nazarenko, PhD (1990): "On the Possibility to Observe Anisotropic Kolmogorov Spectra and Coherent Structures in Drift Waves Turbulence", Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    19. V. Geogjaev: "Integration of Continuous Benny Equations", 1987-1990, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow.
    20. D. Tzhakaja: "On the Solitons in the sigma-Model", 1988-1990, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow.
    21. A. Orlov, PhD (1994): "Symmetries of Theory of Solitons and Their Application", Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    22. G. Kolmakov, PhD (1995): "Acoustic Turbulence in Superfluid Helium", Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    23. A. Korotkevich, PhD (2003): "Numerical Modeling of Weak Turbulence", Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow.
    24. Y. Hadad, PhD (2013): "Integrable nonlinear relativistic equations", University of Arizona, Tucson.
    25. Andrei Gelash, PhD (2014), "Superregular breathers in optics and hydrodynamics", Novosibirsk State University.
    26. Patrik Nabelek, PhD (2018), "Applications of complex variables to spectral theory and completely integrable partial differential equations", University of Arizona, Tucson.
    Selected media coverage.
    2023 Obituary at Nature Photonics, 17, pp. 920–922 (2023) (in English). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-023-01315-9.
    2018 "Ogonyok" journal, issue 37, 1st of October 2018, page 30 (in Russian).
    2021 "There is no contradiction between poetry and science", "V Mire nauki" issue 1-2, 2021 (in Russian).
    2017 "Science doesn't ask a question 'What humanity exists for?'", Pravmir, 2021 (in Russian). YouTube version.
    2015 Documentary "The sixth sense of Lyudvig Faddeev", conversation with Lyudvig Faddeev about science and education (in Russian).
    2020 Poetical evening by Vladimir Zakharov at the International Winter School on Theoretical Physics "Kourovka XXXVIII" (in Russian).
    Reminiscence by friends and colleagues.
    1970s-2010s Reminiscence of Vladimir Zakharov by Prof. Alan C. Newell, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA (in English).
    1990s Reminiscence of Vladimir Zakharov by Prof. Curtis R. Menyuk, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA (in English).
    1960s Reminiscence of Vladimir Zakharov by Dr. Matvey V. Entin, Novosibirsk, Russia (in both Russian and English).
    2010s Reminiscence of Vladimir Zakharov by Valery P. Lebedev, Boston, MA, USA (in Russian).
    2023 Reminiscence of Vladimir Zakharov by Prof. Vladislav V. Pukhnachev, NSU, Novosibirsk, Russia (in Russian).
    1968-1970 Reminiscence of Academician Dmitry D. Ryutov during the Memorial session on 29th of August, 2023, Russia (in Russian).
    2000s Reminiscence of Prof. Boris Konopelchenko on talks with S. Manakov about V. Zakharov (in English).
    1960s-2020s In Memoriam article ("Troitsky variant -- Nauka", issue 388) about Vladimir Zakharov by Academician Eugenii A. Kuznetsov and Vladimir Kransnoselskih, Directeur de Recherche, LPC2E/CNRS, France (in Russian).
    2023 Verses in memory of Vladimir Zakharov by Prof. A. Abrashkin, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (in Russian).
    2023 Verses in memory of Vladimir Zakharov by Aleksandr Gorodnitsky. (in Russian).
    2017 Poetical description of a boat conference with Vladimir Zakharov by Alexandra Boltasseva and Boris Lukyanchuk. (in Russian).
    2023 Poem "В.Е.З." in memory of Vladimir Zakharov by Prof. Alexandra Boltasseva, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (in Russian).
    Selected verses (with translation by Dr. Brendan Phibbs).
    Стихи о чистой математике
    Не слонялся по притонам злачным
    доктор Харди, чистый математик,
    в Кембридже зеленом по лужайкам
    он гулял — вдвоем с Рамануджаном,
    больше же один. И все о числах
    думал он, простых и совершенных.

    Первая, Вторая мировая,
    поднялись и рухнули эпохи,
    но простые числа так же просты
    и от совершенных не убыло
    дивного, мой друг, их совершенства.

    Есть же нечто прочное на свете!
    1996
    Verses on Pure Mathematics
    He did not waste his time in dives,
    Doctor Hardy, pure mathematician.
    On green lawns of Cambridge,
    He ambled, together with Ramanujan.
    Or by himself, and thinking mostly of the numbers,
    The primes and the perfect numbers.

    The First World War, the Second,
    New epochs rose and fell,
    But, the prime numbers are still prime,
    And the perfect numbers, my friend,
    Lost none of their divine perfection.

    Some things are stable in this world!
    1996
    Пьяный мастеровой
    "Пролитая кровь человека превращается
    в блуждающие по полям огоньки…"
    Ле-Цзы
    Пьяный мастеровой,
    Пьяный мастеровой, подгибающиеся ноги,
    Идет по дороге, говорит сам с собой,
    Пьяный мастеровой
    Уляжется на дороге с проломленной головой.

    Пьяный мастеровой,
    Солнышко над полями садится,
    Пьяный мастеровой не боится
    Ни жены, ни грабителей, ни властей.
    Облачных пламенеют края крепостей.

    Здесь солнце садится,
    А за тысячу верст к востоку уже темно,
    Но там тоже Россия все равно,
    Там уже давно на лавках повисли замки,
    Баб угомонились цветные платки,
    Утихли звоночки детей у реки,
    Только с железной дороги еще и слышны гудки.

    Там в полях уже превратилась в блуждающие огоньки
    Пролитая кровь человека, а здесь еще нет.
    Пьяный мастеровой стамескою машет, хвалит резной буфет,
    Сапоги его по дороге пылят.

    Боже мой, какой красный, какой пыльный закат!

    1978
    The Drunken Master
    "The shed human's blood turns to
    the wandering lights over the fields..."
    (Le-Tzi)
    The drunken master,
    The drunken master, bending legs,
    Makes his way along the country road, talks to himself.
    The drunken master
    Will lie soon on the road with a broken down head.

    The drunken master,
    The lovely sun is setting over the fields,
    The drunken master doesn't fear
    The wife, robbers, the authorities,
    The strongholds of clouds flame along the edges.

    Here the sun is setting,
    While thousands miles east is already night,
    But all the same it is Russia over there,
    Where long ago padlocks hang on the stores,
    Women's coloured kerchiefs calm down,
    Bells of kids voices faded from the river bank,
    Only the night train whistles far away.

    There already turned to the wandering lights
    The shed human's blood, not here yet.
    The drunken master waves the chisel, praises his carved cupboard,
    His boots raise dust along the road.

    My God, what a bloody, what a dusty sunset!
    1978
    Утро
    Лене Вул и Яше Синаю
    Я стоял под венецианским окном
    дома, опоясанного виноградом,
    Сальвадор Дали, обнаженный,
    проскакал на лошади мимо,
    желтые огромные
    открытые автомобили
    выезжали из времен Великого Гэтсби
    и дамы в кокетливых шляпках,
    тропические бабочки эпохи джаза,
    делали мне знаки, чтобы я спустился,
    окунулся в их мир пармских фиалок,
    побежденных морщин,
    безошибочных разговоров
    рядом с загорелыми,
    стройными от игры в теннис
    убийцами слонов и властелинами акций.

    Но Иисус Христос
    занимал уже половину неба,
    свешиваясь с воображаемых гвоздей
    с горы напротив.
    И тогда я вспомнил,
    что завтра выборы
    и еще неизвестно,
    кому будет принадлежать
    эта гора послезавтра.

    И еще я вспомнил,
    что у меня есть сапоги-скороходы
    и я уйду отсюда семимильными шагами
    на громоздящиеся к небесам Гималаи,
    радостно вдыхая
    разреженный воздух высокогорий,
    радостно не ощущая
    недостаток силы и кислорода.

    Здравствуй, Мэллори!
    Вот я меняю
    сапоги-скороходы
    на забавные эти шекльтоны,
    значит, мы возьмем с тобой Эверест сегодня...
    Конечно, нас там ждут ледяные могилы,
    где мы будем лежать совершенно нетленны
    вплоть до прихода коммерческих экспедиций.

    Но ведь это случится не раньше, чем завтра,
    а сегодня у нас есть полчаса,
    огромное время,
    чтобы посмотреть сверху, сквозь дымку,
    на узорчатые храмы Непала,
    на висячие мосты над безумствующими реками,
    попивая жирное молоко яков,
    не жалея о мгновенно пролетающей жизни.
    2000
    The Morning
    To my friends Lena Vool and Jasha Sinai
    I stood under the oval Venetian window
    Beneath the house with its girdle of grapevines
    Salvador Dali naked, rode around on a horse.
    Yellow, huge, open dream-cars
    Drove out of the years of the Great Gatsby
    And the women in coquetting hats
    Those tropical butterflies of the age of Jazz
    Made signs to me, urging me to come down,
    Join the world of violets of Parma
    Where women have conquered wrinkles
    Where is defined at peril,
    A company of sun-tanned tennis enthusiasts
    Killers of elephants, masters of stock-exchanges.

    But Jesus Christ filled half the sky
    Hung on barely imagined nails
    On the mountain filling opposite vision.
    And I remember
    That it will be election tomorrow
    And that it is so far unclear
    Who will be in charge of this mountain tomorrow.

    And I remember
    That I have seven-league boots in my possession
    And it is better that I should go
    To the Himalayas
    To inhale, happily, the rarified air of the highlands!
    And God will see to it that I have no lack of oxygen.

    Good day, Mallory!
    I am trading my seven-league boots for the worn gear of Shackleton!
    We will take Everest tomorrow,
    Of course, inevitably, out icy graves await us,
    Where we will be beautifully preserved
    For the coming of commercial expeditions,

    But all that’s for tomorrow; now
    We have half an hour to look through the haze
    At Nepalese shrines
    And terrifying bridges over mad rivers
    As we sip sweet fat milk from yaks
    Having no regrets about instantly flying by life.
    2000
    Franciscan
    One scorching April day, a tall Franciscan
    Came walking up a stony winding road
    Which ran along resplendent flowering gardens
    Up to the cloister by a southern seashore.
    "Who's there?" the Guard asked from behind the portal.
    "A brother in the Lord", said the Franciscan.
    "Who are you after?"— "Brother Gabriele."
    "He's busy: has to paint the Resurrection."
    The stranger plucked a rosebud from the trellis
    And flung it over with exasperation,
    And back he went. While in the yard the rosebud
    Over the marble scattered in black ashes.
    Теоретик
    Словно маленький серый кузнечик
    У доски стрекотал человечек.
    Это он приглашал прогуляться
    По мирам, что не каждому снятся.

    Но когда доходило до дела,
    То толпа незаметно редела —
    Ведь немногие пишут в тетрадки!
    Ах, познанье, плоды твои сладки...

    Вы не трогайте нашей забавы,
    Не маните нас ломтиком славы,
    Не учите нас правильной жизни,
    Не дразните служеньем отчизне.
    1980
    Опубликовано впервые: Владимир Захаров. Хор среди зимы. М.: Carte Blanche, 1991
(с) 2023, Alexander O. Korotkevich.