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Nikolay Urvantsev

Russian geologist (1893-1985) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 92

Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev was a Soviet geologist and explorer. He was born in the town of Lukoyanov in the Lukoyanovsky Uyezd of the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire to the family of a merchant. He graduated from the Tomsk Engineering Institute in 1918.

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Awards

Large Gold Medal of the Russian Geographical Society1958
N. M. Przhevalsky Medal in Silver1924
Order of Lenin
Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR
Order of the Red Banner of Labour

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1893 to 1985 · aged 92