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Mercury Sergeevich Ghilarov

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Russian and Soviet soil zoologist

Lived 1912 to 1985 · aged 73
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Mercury Sergeyevich Ghilarov was a Soviet soil scientist who was a pioneer of soil biology, the life in the soil including insects and other small invertebrates.

Awards 13

1951Stalin Prize, 3rd degree
USSR State Prize
Order of Lenin
Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
VDNKh gold medal
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
VDNKh silver medal
VDNKh bronze medal
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal VDNKh

Connected to Mercury 6

Aleksander BurbaAlso won Medal VDNKhNadezhda A. AgaltsovaAlso won VDNKh bronze medalVera YurasovaAlso won VDNKh silver medalAlfreds Amtmanis-BriedītisAlso won Stalin Prize, 3rd degreeLaila AkhmetovaAlso won VDNKh gold medalNikolai AkulovAlso won VDNKh silver medal

About this person

Mercury Sergeyevich Ghilarov was a Soviet soil scientist who was a pioneer of soil biology, the life in the soil including insects and other small invertebrates. Ghilarov laid emphasis on the soil as a peculiar medium that consisted of a mix of liquid, solid, and gas phases and therefore suggested that it was the zone of evolutionary transition between aquatic and terrestrial life forms.

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1985 · aged 73
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