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Mikhail Somov
Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov
Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer.
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Mikhail Somov
Place of Birth
Moscow
Place of Death
Saint Petersburg
Country of Citizenship
Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Occupation
Explorer
Geographer
Instance Of
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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