Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov (Russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Про́хоров; 15 December 1929 – 16 July 2013) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, active in the field of probability theory.

He was a PhD student of Andrey Kolmogorov at the Moscow State University, where he obtained his PhD in 1956.

He received Lenin Prize in 1970, Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1975 and 1979.

He was also an editor of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia.

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