Alevtina Alexandrovna Bilinkina

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Alewtina Alexandrowna Bilinkina ( Russian Алевтина Александровна Былинкина ; born October 28, 1921 in Moscow ; † July 29, 1951 at the Klyuchevskaya Sopka ) was a Soviet volcanologist and geologist .

Life

Bilinkina enrolled in 1939 to study at the Faculty of Geography at Lomonosov University . In the course of the evacuation of the university during the Second World War , however, she moved to the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute VI Lenin , where she graduated with honors in 1942. She then carried out geomorphological studies in Siberia before finding a job at her alma mater and becoming a junior scientist at the Faculty of Geography at Lomonosov University.

In 1948, Bilinkina began to work at the Kamchatka Volcanological Station . At that time the Schiwelutsch broke out, and she carefully observed and analyzed its activities. Together with colleagues, she climbed the summit of the Tolbachik in 1949 . The Klyuchevskaya Sopka, on the other hand - the highest active volcano in Eurasia - was not eruptive at the time. Only a few fumaroles were registered. Bilinkina conducted research on its slopes, examined the crater edges, cinder and ash cones and mapped the cooled lava flows in the area. She was considered a very passionate scientist who went about her work with great enthusiasm and willingness to take risks.

In the summer of 1951, the station organized a multi-week excursion to Klyuchevskaya Sopka. Together with Nikolai Ogarkov, Bilinkina descended into the crater on July 29 to collect gas samples and take temperature measurements. In the late afternoon she was fatally injured in a rockfall and carried away into lower terrain. It took Ogarkov two hours to reach her body. The other scientists learned of her death the next morning.

On the Klyuchevskaya Sopka a new crater, which was formed on November 20, 1951, bears her name in honor of Alewtina Bilinkina. Most of her academic work was published posthumously .

Publications

  • In the crater of the volcano . In: Знание - сила , No. 3, 1951.
  • Подъем на Суелич - действующий купол вулкана Шивелуч ( ascent to Sujelitsch, the active cone of the Schiwelutsch ). In Бюлл. Вулк. ст. , No. 19, 1953.
  • Состояние побочных кратеров Ключевского вулкана в мае 1949 г ( state of the secondary craters of the Klyuchevskoi volcano in May 1949 ). In Бюлл. Вулк. ст. , No. 19, 1953.
  • Поездка к кратерам группы Туйла в июле 1950 г ( A trip to the craters of the Tuila Group in July 1950 ). In Бюлл. Вулк. ст. , No. 19, 1953.
  • A. Bilinkina, G. Gorschkow, N. Ogorodov: Восхождение на Ключевской вулкан 29 июля 1951 г ( the ascent of the Klyuchevskoi volcano on July 29, 1951 ). In Бюлл. Вулк. ст. , No. 19, 1953.
  • A. Bilinkina, G. Gorschkow: Наблюдения над извержением вулкана Шевелуч в 1948–1950 гг ( observations of the Schiwelutsch outbreak 1948–1950 ). In Бюлл. Вулк. ст. , No. 19, 1953.
  • A. Bilinkina, G. Gorschkow: The state of the Klyuchevskoi group in the second half of 1949 . In Бюлл. Вулк. ст. , No. 19, 1953.
  • К исследованию сухих рек Ключевского вулкана ( To study the dry currents of the Klyuchevskoi volcano (summer 1950) ). In: Тр. Лабор. вулк , Vol. 8, 1954.
  • A. Bilinkina, G. Gorschkow: The state of the Klyuchevskoi volcano from January to April 1950 . In: Бюлл. Вулк. ст. , No. 21, 1954.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Alewtina Bilinkina . Retrieved from kscnet.ru/ivs (Institute of Volcanology and Seismology at the Kamchatka Research Center) on March 12, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Bilinkina, Alewtina Alexandrovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Былинкина, Алевтина Александровна (Russian); Bylinkina, Alevtina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet volcanologist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1951
Place of death Klyuchevskaya Sopka