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Andrey Kapitsa
Soviet and Russian geographer (1931-2011) · United Kingdom · Academics · Died at 80
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Something wrong?Andrey Petrovich Kapitsa was a Soviet and Russian geographer and Antarctic explorer, discoverer of Lake Vostok, the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica. He was a member of the Kapitsa family, a scientific dynasty in Russia.
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2011Died2 August 20112002Honoured Science Worker of the Russian FederationAward1981Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1971USSR State PrizeAward1961Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1931Born9 July 1931
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Academic
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Lived 1931 to 2011 · aged 80
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