Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (Russian: Николáй Николáевич Урвáнцев; 29 January [O.S. 17 January] 1893 – 20 February 1985) was a Soviet geologist and...

mountains in their accounts. According to the Soviet Arctic explorer Nikolay Urvantsev, the Norilsk river was probably given its former name, Norilka, in...

(590 sq mi) in area. The island was discovered by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev during their 1930-32 expedition. This island contains the Pioneer...

the spring of 1931, Georgy Ushakov, accompanied by the geologist Nikolay Urvantsev, the veteran surveyor Sergei Zhuravlev, and the radio-operator Vasily...

1931: Vladimir V. Tchernavin 1936: Nikolai Glebov-Avilov 1938, 1940: Nikolay Urvantsev Socialist emulation Heller, Mikhail (1988). Cogs in the Wheel: The...

scientific materials were later retrieved in 1922 by Russian scientist Nikolay Urvantsev from where they had been abandoned on the shores of the Kara Sea....

its insularity was not proven until 1931, when Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev charted the archipelago during their 1930–1932 expedition. The Vavilov...

later be called Norilsk 1. In the early days of the Soviet Union, Nikolay Urvantsev's expeditions revealed several industrially significant deposits. The...

Eduard Toll Yevgeny Tolstikov Alexey Tryoshnikov Avgust Tsivolko Nikolay Urvantsev Georgy Ushakov Merkury Vagin Boris Vilkitsky Vladimir Vize Lawrence...

full scientific programme maintained all winter by leader scientist Nikolay Urvantsev and his wife, Dr. Yelizaveta Ivanovna, the expedition's medical officer...