Khesin Arkady Yakovlevich (1923, Cherikov, Mogilev Governorate) — television technology specialist. Candidate of Technical Sciences (1967). In 1941, graduated from the Leningrad Naval Special School. In 1941–45, was at the front. In 1947, graduated from the Higher Radar Officer Courses. From 1953, in teaching work at the Institute of Civil Aviation in Riga. In 1957–61 — engineer and then head of the outdoor broadcast workshop of the Riga Television Centre. From 1961 — staff member of the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science of the Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences, where he was the first in the USSR to organise and head a laboratory of television diagnostics. In 1976–91 — head of the reportage equipment sector at the All-Union Research Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting. Author of over 250 scholarly publications, including 16 monographs. Latvian SSR State Prize (1972). USSR State Prize (1978).

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