Dimitri Nalivkin

Dmitry Vasilyevich Nalivkin (; 25 August 1889 – 3 March 1982) was a Soviet geologist. He was primarily interested in stratigraphy, but was also responsible in large part for mapping the geology of the Soviet Union.

Biography The son of Vasily Alexievich Nalivkin and Olga Venediktova, Dmitry Nalivkin was born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire on 25 August 1889.

In 1917 he was elected to the Geological Commission of Russia, and remained with it for more sixty years. During his tenure with the Commission he was responsible for directing research into paleontology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, work which led to the development and extraction of resources such as coal, ores and petroleum.

He completed his doctorate in 1924 and was appointed a professor at the Saint Petersburg Mining University. During World War II, his research extended to a search for bauxite as a means of assisting the war effort's need for aircraft metals.

His most significant contribution came with the creation of the index geological maps of the USSR (and adjacent regions), which attracted considerable international attention. With the completion of his Geological Map of the USSR (1:2,500,000 scale) he was awarded the prestigious Lenin Prize in 1957.

Memberships and awards Director of the Institute of Geological Mapping Vice-director of the Geological Institute of the Academy of Science Chairman of the Technical Council under the USSR Ministry of Geology Director of the Limnology Laboratory Chairman of the Commission on International Tectonic Mapping President of the Presidium of the Turkmenian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences Member of the Science Board of the Russian Museum. Leader, Soviet Delegation at Session XXII of the International Geological Congress, as well as delegations at other international conferences and meetings. N. M. Przhevalsky Small Silver Medal of the Russian Geographical Society Karpinsky Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Sciences František Pošepný Gold Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences P. Fourmarier Medal of the Belgium Academy of Sciences L. von Buch Medal of the German Geological Society Silver Medal of the Peace Council Honorary Fellow of the German Geographical Society Fellow, Turkmen Academy of Sciences Fellow, CSSR Academy of Sciences Fellow, Serbia Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts Fellow, the Paleontological Society of India Fellow of the Geological Society of America Fellow, Geological Societies of London, France, West Germany, Hungary, and Poland

Personal life Nalivkin married fellow geologist A.K. Zvorykina. He died in Saint Petersburg in 1982.