Yekaterina Alexandrovna Ankinovich (1911-1991) was a Soviet geologist and mineralogist, Doctor of Sciences and professor. She discovered a record number of minerals - 12.[1] She won the Lenin Prize and the Stalin Prize.
Biography
editEarly life
editAnkinovich was born in Little Yalchik (now Chuvashia).[2]
Education
editIn 1937, she graduated from Leningrad Mining Institute (now Saint Petersburg Mining University).[1] In 1964, she earned a Doctor of Sciences in Geology and Mineralogy.[1]
Career
editShe worked in the geological service of Kazakhstan including in Alma-Ata and Karatau.[1]
Ankinovich became a professor in 1967.[1] She later became head of the department of "crystallography, mineralogy and petrography."[2]
Awards
edit- Stalin Prize Third Degree (USSR State Prize) 1948[1] for "geological research and development of the Nikolaevsky polymetal deposit"[2]
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Honored Scientist of the Kazakhstani SSR (1974)[1]
- USSR Deposit Discoverer Medal
- Lenin Prize[3]
Honors
editFamily life
editHer husband Stepan Gerasimovich Ankinovich was also a Soviet geologist.[6]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g "Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia (ru) - Vol 1 of 5 (2004).pdf". wikimedia.org. p. 221 - Анкинович, Екатерина Александровна. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Анкинович, Екатерина Александровна". peoplelife.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Надырбаев Акбатир Алуадинович - Председатель Комитета геологии и недропользование Министерства индустрии и инфруструктурного развития РК" (PDF). satbayev.university. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Минералы и месторождения Россия и стран ближнего зарубежья - Анкиновичит". webmineral.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "АНКИНОВИЧ Екатерина Александровна". geo.web.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "вики Анкинович Степан Герасимович". yavix.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.