Otto Schmidt

Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956) · Historical Figures · Died at 64

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Otto Yulyevich Shmidt, better known as Otto Schmidt, was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, and academician.

A life in dates

1956Died7 September 19561937Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of the Red Banner of LabourAward1934Order of the Red StarAward1932Order of LeninAward1891Born18 September 1891

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A young Schmidt in 1912

Schmidt in 1936

Otto Schmidt (centre) with Captain Ivan Papanin (left) and Mikhail Vodopyanov (right) in 1938

A soviet stamp dedicated to Otto Schmidt

Bust of Otto Schmidt in Arkhangelsk

Awards

Hero of the Soviet Union1937

Order of the Red Banner of Labour1937

Order of the Red Star1934

Order of Lenin1932

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

Family

Otto Schmidt

Partners

Spouse Vera Schmidt

Child Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt

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