Between 1972 and 1990 the prize was awarded by the USSR Academy of Sciences for the best scientific work in the field of meteorology.[2] It was re-established by the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1993.[3] It is generally awarded to a single scientist once every three years.
For his monograph "Introduction to the hydrodynamic methods of short-term weather forecasting" (published in 1957) and a series of works on dynamic meteorology published in 1958-1970
For the series of works: "Nonlinear theory of gravitational instability of a dissipationless cold matter and formation of a large-scale structure of the universe"
For a series of works on the analysis of processes in the expanding universe, the determination of the parameters of quasars and the physics of black holes
^ ab"Премия имени А.А. Фридмана" [A. A. Friedmann Prize]. Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian). Retrieved 25 September 2018.
^"КОНКУРСЫ" [COMPETITIONS] (doc). Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian). 1974. Retrieved 25 September 2018. Академия наук СССР объявила конкурс на соискание премии им. А. А. Фридмана в размере 2000 руб., присуждаемой советским ученым за лучшие научные работы в области метеорологии. [The Academy of Sciences of the USSR announced a competition for the A. A. Friedman Prize in the amount of 2000 rubles, awarded to Soviet scientists for the best scientific work in the field of meteorology.]
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