Vladimir Tikhomirov

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Soviet geologist and historian of science (1915-1994)

ScientistsLived 1915 to 1994 · aged 78

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Fame37.9

Momentum13.2

Languages5

In century#231,003

Awards 12

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Order of the October Revolution

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the Badge of Honour

Medal "For Labour Valour"

Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"

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

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

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

Scientists born in the 1910s 6

Zora Vinogradova38.0 Tateos Agekian37.6

Wacław Gajewski38.1

Mary Fergusson37.6 Lajos Jánossy38.2 Zhang Zongsui37.5

About this person

Vladimir Vladimirovich Tikhomirov was a Soviet and Russian geologist and historian of geoscience. He specialized in the regional geology of the Caucasus, stratigraphy, and tectonics, but is best known as a founder and organizer of the discipline of history of geology. He established the first dedicated academic unit for the history of geology in the USSR and was a founder and the first president of the International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO).