Nikolai Mikhailovich Fyodorovsky
Nikolai Mikhailovich Fjodorowski ( Russian Николай Михайлович Фёдоровский ; born November 30 . Jul / 12. December 1886 greg. In Kursk ; † 27. August 1956 in Moscow ) was a Russian mineralogist .
Fyodorovsky, a Bolshevik since 1904, received his doctorate in geology from Moscow University in 1914 . From 1918 to 1923 he became head of the Mining Department at the Supreme Economic Council (WSNCh), Chairman of the Mining Council at WSNCh, and co-founder of the Moscow Mining Academy (MGA) and head of the Department of Mineralogy. In October 1937 he was arrested and charged with “participating in an anti-Soviet organization”. He was imprisoned in the NorilLag reformatory and labor camp and in a special camp of the MWD , the GorLag . In 1952 he was released from camp detention and rehabilitated in 1954.
A mineral newly discovered in 1975 was named Fedorovskite in his honor .
Individual evidence
- ↑ AJ Rublewoj (compiling the material): From the history of bearing formations on the territory of Krasnoyarsk region: Norillag, Osoblag NO 2 (Gorlag) Kraslag. Biographies of famous people - prisoners of the Norillag and Kraslag. Material of the portal Memorial Krasnoyarsk, online at: memorial.krsk.ru / ...
Web links
- Nikolai Michailowitsch Fjodorowski on gulag.memorial.de
- Mineral Atlas: Fedorovskit and Mindat - Fedorovskite
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fyodorovsky, Nikolai Mikhailovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Фёдоровский, Николай Михайлович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kursk |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1956 |
| Place of death | Moscow |