. "Soviet physicist" . . "1916-07-11Z"^^ . . "Alexander Mikhaylovich Prokhorov, or Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov, (Russian: \u0410\u043B\u0435\u043A\u0441\u0430\u0301\u043D\u0434\u0440 \u041C\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0301\u0439\u043B\u043E\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u041F\u0440\u043E\u0301\u0445\u043E\u0440\u043E\u0432; 11 July 1916 \u2013 8 January 2002) was a Soviet physicist known for his pioneering research on lasers and masers for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and Nikolay Basov."@en . "Prokhorov, Alexander"@en . . "2002-01-08Z"^^ . . . "2002Z"^^ . . . . . . "1916Z"^^ . .