About Nikolay Shatsky
Lived 1895 – 1960 (aged 64). Nikolay Shatsky was a Russian tectonician, mining engineer, university teacher, geologist and engineer.
Nikolay Sergeyevich Shatsky, also spelt Nicholas Shatski (; in Moscow – August 1, 1960 in Moscow) was a Soviet geologist, an expert in tectonics of ancient platforms.
Shatsky Rise, an oceanic plateau in North Pacific is named after him.
Since 1982 the USSR Academy of Sciences/Russian Academy of Sciences has awarded the annual Shatsky Prize (:ru:Премия имени Н. С. Шатского) for achievements in tectonics.
Awards 1946: Stalin Prize 1958: Lenin Prize, for the composition of the tectonic map of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin (2) Order of the Red Banner of Labour Medals
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Who was Nikolay Shatsky?
Soviet geologist (1895–1960)
When was Nikolay Shatsky born?
Nikolay Shatsky was born on 16 August 1895 in Moscow.
When did Nikolay Shatsky die?
Nikolay Shatsky died on 1 August 1960 in Moscow.
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Nikolay Shatsky was a tectonician, mining engineer, university teacher, geologist and engineer.
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Nikolay Shatsky was Russian.
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