Yekaterina Ankinovich

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

Early life

Ankinovich was born in Little Yalchik (now Chuvashia).^[2]

Education

In 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

She 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

• 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

She has a mineral named after her - Ankinovichit.^[4][5]

Family life

Her husband Stepan Gerasimovich Ankinovich was also a Soviet geologist.^[6]

References

•  Soviet Union portal
•  Russia portal
•  Biography portal

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2. "Анкинович, Екатерина Александровна". peoplelife.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
3. "Надырбаев Акбатир Алуадинович - Председатель Комитета геологии и недропользование Министерства индустрии и инфруструктурного развития РК" (PDF). satbayev.university. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
4. "Минералы и месторождения Россия и стран ближнего зарубежья - Анкиновичит". webmineral.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
5. "АНКИНОВИЧ Екатерина Александровна". geo.web.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
6. "вики Анкинович Степан Герасимович". yavix.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.