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Mikhail Somov

Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov

Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer.

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Place of Birth

Moscow

Place of Death

Saint Petersburg

Country of Citizenship

Russian Empire
Soviet Union

Occupation

Explorer
Geographer

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Human

Date of Birth

4/7/1908

Date of Death

12/30/1973

Award Received

15 items
Hero of the Soviet Union
(1/14/1952)
Point in Time
: 1/14/1952
Order of Lenin
(1949)
Point in Time
: 1949
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Star
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Vega Medal
(1959)
Point in Time
: 1959
Founder’s Medal
(1961)
Follows
:
Phillip Law
Followed By
:
Edwin McDonald
Series Ordinal
:126
Award Rationale
: For Antarctic exploration and research
Point in Time
: 1961
Order of Lenin
(1951)
Point in Time
: 1951
Order of Lenin
(1957)
Point in Time
: 1957

Academic Degree

Doktor of Sciences in Geography

Given Name

Mikhail

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Сомов Михаил Михайлович

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Place of Burial

Cemetery in Komarovo

Educated At

Far Eastern State Technical University

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Field of Work

Oceanography

Member of Political Party

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Employer

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Russian

Sex or Gender

Male

Family Name

Somov

Interested In

Oceanography
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