July Mikhailovich Schokalsky
Yuly Shokalsky ( Russian Юлий Михайлович Шокальский , scientific. Transliteration Julij Michajlovič Šokal'skij ; born October 5 . Jul / 17th October 1856 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † 26. March 1940 in Leningrad ) was a Russian or Soviet oceanographer and cartographer .
Schokalsky was born the son of a Petersburg lawyer. He was the grandson of Anna Petrovna Kern (1800–1879), a well-known muse of Alexander Pushkin . After graduating from the Russian Naval Officer School and the Naval Academy, he was appointed professor at the Naval War Academy. He kept this position in the Soviet Union until 1930. From 1925 to 1940 Schokalsky taught at the University of Leningrad . From 1923 to 1932 he led several oceanographic expeditions to the Black Sea and participated in the development and exploration of the Northern Sea Route . From 1917 to 1931 Shokalsky was President of the Russian Geographical Society . In 1925 he became a corresponding member and in 1939 an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR . In 1936 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . From 1932 he was a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .
Seven geographic objects in the polar seas bear his name , e. B. the Schokalski Island in the Kara Sea , the Schokalski Street, which separates the October Revolution from the Bolshevik Island ( Severnaya Zemlya ), or the Schokalski Bay , located on the east side of the Alexander Island ( Antarctica ) near Cape Brown . In addition, the peak Schokalskowo , at 5722 m the highest mountain in the Engiltschek range in the Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan , is named after him.
The research ship Akademik Shokalskiy , built in Finland in 1982 , is now used for Antarctic cruises.
Web links
- Member entry of Julius Schokalsky at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on 23 January 2017th
- Schokalski Bay
- Biography (russian)
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter S. Académie des sciences, accessed on February 27, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Russian Maritime Register of Shipping: Technical and administrative data of the Akademik Shokalskiy . Retrieved January 2, 2014 .
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| SURNAME | Schokalsky, July Mikhailovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шокальский, Юлий Михайлович (Russian); Šokal'skij, Julij Michajlovič |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian and Soviet oceanographer and cartographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1940 |
| Place of death | Leningrad |