Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Urwanzew
Nikolai Nikolaevich Urwanzew ( Russian Николай Николаевич Урванцев ., Scientific transliteration Nikolai Nikolaevich Urvancev ; born January 17 . Jul / 29. January 1893 greg. In Lukoyanov , government Nizhny Novgorod ; † 20th February 1985 ) was a Soviet geologist and Arctic explorer .
Urwanzew was one of those geologists who, during an expedition from 1919 to 1922, found mineral resources in the vicinity of the city of Norilsk, which was established by the Politburo of the CPSU in 1935 on the basis of this discovery . From 1930 to 1932 he explored the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago together with the Soviet geographer Georgi Alexejewitsch Ushakow . In doing so, they discovered some new islands. The complete mapping of the archipelago goes back to this expedition.
Urwanzew completed his habilitation in 1935 in the field of geology and mineralogy. He also went on expeditions to the Taimyr Peninsula and the Central Siberian Mountains .
During Stalinism , Urwanzew was falsely accused of sabotage and locked twice in the Gulag , once in the well-known correctional and labor camp NorilLag . His complete rehabilitation took place in 1954 after Stalin's death. Urwanzew, who later held a chair in Arctic geology, was honored with numerous honors, including the Order of Lenin and the Przewalski Gold Medal of the Russian Geographical Society . The Urvantsev Rocks in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land are named after him.
Web link
- Biography in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia in Russian
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Urwanzew, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Урванцев, Николай Николаевич (Russian); Urvancev, Nikolaj Nikolaevič (scientific transliteration) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet geologist and polar explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lukoyanov , Nizhny Novgorod Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1985 |