History Of Young Physicists' Tournament In Russia
The very first Young Physicists’ Tournaments (in Russian: Турнир юных физиков, Romanization: Turnir yunykh fizikov, Turnir junych fizikow, Turnir junyh fizikov) were held in Soviet Union in 1979, 9 years prior to the first IYPT. The organizer, main activist and supporter of this new type of competition was Evgeny Yunosov, professor of physics at Moscow State University.
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