Dmitry Mushketov

Dmitry Ivanovich Mushketov (; – 18 February 1938) was a Russian and Soviet geologist and paleontologist. He was one of the victims of the Great Terror.

Biography Dmitry Mushketov was born in Saint Petersburg to the family of Ivan Vasilyevich Mushketov, a famous explorer and professor at the Mining Institute, and Ekaterina Pavlovna Mushketova.

His early education by his mother gave him a fluency in German, French, and English, which allowed him later in life to travel to Western Europe, to correspond with foreign specialists, and to represent Soviet geology abroad. He entered the Mining Institute in 1899 and graduated with honours in 1907.

In 1905 he was awarded Minor Silver Medal of the Russian Geographical Society.

He attained Master of Science degree in 1915 and awarded honorary Doctorate in Geology and Mineralogy from the Mining Institute, 1936.

In 1918 he was appointed director of the Mining Institute and was director of the Geological Committee in 1926–1929. In response to an official request for information filed by the Commission on Geological Study of the USSR March 29, 1962, the following information was provided by the Military Board of the USSR Supreme Court, May 31, 1962: