Sergey Smirnov (geologist)
Sergey Smirnov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sergey Sergeyevich Smirnov 2 or 4 September [14,15 or 16 September N.S.] 1895 |
| Died | 20 August 1947 (aged 51) |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg Mining University (1919) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, mineralogy |
Sergey Sergeyevich Smirnov (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Смирно́в; 2 or 4 September [14, 15 or 16 September N.S.] 1895– 20 August 1947)[1][2][3] was a Soviet geologist and mineralogist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1943).[1]
The ridge Dorsa Smirnov on the Moon was named after him.[4]
Awards and honors
- Three Orders of Lenin[1]
- Four Orders of the Red Banner of Labour[1]
- Stalin Prize, 1st class (1946)[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Soloviev, S. G.; Vikentyev, I. V.; Bortnikov, N. S. (2025-10-01). "The Founder of Metallogenic Science (to the 130th Anniversary of S.S. Smirnov)". Geology of Ore Deposits. 67 (5): 529–542. doi:10.1134/S1075701525700266. ISSN 1555-6476.
- ↑ Смирнова, O. (4 April 1957). "Смирнова О.П. Письмо В.В. Тихомирову о дате рождения С.С. Смирнова" (in Russian). Letter to Тихомиров, Владимир Владимирович. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ↑ "Смирнов Сергей Сергеевич". Great Russian Encyclopedia. 2004–2017. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ↑ Dorsa Smirnov, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1947 deaths
- 20th-century Russian geologists
- People from Ivanovo
- People from Vladimir Governorate
- Academic staff of Saint Petersburg Mining University
- Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
- Saint Petersburg Mining University alumni
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Stalin Prize
- Russian mineralogists
- Soviet geologists
- Soviet scientist stubs