Mikhail Vasilyevich Kim (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Ким; 8 August 1907 – 4 September 1970) was a Soviet hydraulic engineer and geophysicist. He was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1966 for his work on permafrost engineering, particularly pioneering the use of deep piling to elevate a building's foundation, keeping it from warming the ground below.[1]
Mikhail Vasilyevich Kim | |
|---|---|
Михаил Васильевич Ким | |
| Born | August 8, 1907 |
| Died | September 4, 1970 (aged 63) |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union |
| Awards | Lenin Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | hydraulic engineering |
Biography
editKim was born into a Korean family in the village of Kedrovaya Pad, Primorsky Region in the Russian Far East. From 1923 he lived in Vladivostok and from 1927 in Leningrad.[2] He graduated from the workers' faculty at the Far Eastern Federal University (1927) and the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (1932).[3]
Kim was arrested on October 5, 1935, and accused of founding a counter-revolutionary group with ties with anti-party groups in Korea and Manchuria, etc. He was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment, which he served at Norillag in Norilsk as a hydraulic engineer and senior foreman.[3]
He was released on March 1, 1939, and became head of the permafrost station and the head of the survey department of the design office of the Norilsk Combine.[3]
In 1966, he was awarded the Lenin Prize for his participation in the creation of the theory of pile foundations: he proved that houses on piles with a ventilated underground, if properly operated, will stand firmly.[3]
He died on September 4, 1970, in Krasnoyarsk during a meeting on construction issues in Siberia and the Far East.[3]
References
edit- ^ "The Great Siberian Thaw". The New Yorker. January 7, 2022.
- ^ "Ким Михаил Васильевич (1907 - 1970) | Информационная справка". April 2, 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Ким Михаил Васильевич ::: Воспоминания о ГУЛАГе :: База данных :: Авторы и тексты". www.sakharov-center.ru.