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Leon Theremin
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Russian inventor, physicist, and musician (1896-1993)
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Leon Theremin, also known as Leo or Lev, was a male inventor, physicist, musician, and cellist born in Saint Petersburg in 1896. He was educated at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University. His notable works include the theremin, The Thing, and the Rhythmicon. He held positions as head of department and chief executive officer at the Moscow Conservatory, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the Ioffe Institute.
Theremin was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and received the Stalin Prize. He spoke French, English, and Russian. He was married to Lavinia Williams and had two children. His life included significant events such as arrest and rehabilitation. He resided in the United States, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and Magadan Oblast. He died in Moscow in 1993 and is buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery.
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Lev Sergeyevich Termen (27 August [O.S. 15 August] 1896 – 3 November 1993), better known as Leon Theremin was a Russian inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments and the first to be mass-produced. As a young man, Theremin worked at Abram Fedorovich Ioffe’s Physical Technical Institute in Petrograd. While he worked on an array of projects, developing measuring methods for high-frequency electrical oscillations was one of the most imp
Key facts
- Born
- Lev Sergeyevich Termen , ( 1896-08-27 ) 27 August 1896, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Died
- 3 November 1993 (1993-11-03) (aged 97), Moscow, Russia
- Occupations
- Engineer physicist
- Known for
- Theremin , The Thing
- Spouses
- Katia Konstantinova ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 , divorced ) Lavinia Williams ( separated ) Maria Guschina ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1947 )
- Children
- 2, including Natalia
- Relatives
- Peter Theremin (grandson)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lev
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Lavinia Williams
- Occupation
- cellist
- Position held
- chief executive officer
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Notable work
- Rhythmicon
- Instrument
- theremin
- Image
- Lev Termen playing - cropped.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Motto
- ni plus ni moins
- Residence
- Magadan Oblast
- Significant event
- rehabilitation
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- place of burial
- Kuntsevo Cemetery
- Commons category
- Léon Theremin
- date of birth
- 1896-08-16
- date of death
- 1993-11-03
- topic's main category
- Category:Léon Theremin
- name in native language
- Лев Сергеевич Термен
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Encyclopedic overview
Lev Sergeyevich Termen (27 August [O.S. 15 August] 1896 – 3 November 1993), better known as Leon Theremin, was a Russian inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments and the first to be mass-produced. He also worked on early television research. His secret listening device, "The Thing", hung for seven years in plain view in the United States ambassador's Moscow office and enabled Soviet agents to secretly eavesdrop on conversations.
Early life
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