Nikolay Sergeyevich Shatsky (Nicholas Shatski) (August 28 (August 16 (O.S.)), Moscow

Moscow

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, 1895 — August 1, 1960, Moscow) was a Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 geologist

Geologist

A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...

, an expert in tectonics

Tectonics

Tectonics is a field of study within geology concerned generally with the structures within the lithosphere of the Earth and particularly with the forces and movements that have operated in a region to create these structures.Tectonics is concerned with the orogenies and tectonic development of...

 of ancient platform

Platform (geology)

In geology, a platform is a continental area covered by relatively flat or gently tilted, mainly sedimentary strata, which overlie a basement of consolidated igneous or metamorphic rocks of an earlier deformation...

s.

Shatsky Rise, an oceanic plateau

Oceanic plateau

An oceanic plateau is a large, relatively flat submarine region that rises well above the level of the ambient seabed. While many oceanic plateaus are composed of continental crust, and often form a step interrupting the continental slope, some plateaus are undersea remnants of large igneous...

 in North Pacific is named after him.

Since 1982 the USSR Academy of Sciences/Russian Academy of Sciences awards the annual Shatsky Prize (:ru:Премия имени Н. С. Шатского) for achievements in tectonics.

Awards

• 1946: Stalin Prize
• 1958: Lenin Prize
  Lenin Prize
  The Lenin Prize was one of the most prestigious awards of the USSR, presented to individuals for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology. It was created on June 23, 1925 and was awarded until 1934. During the period from 1935 to 1956, the Lenin Prize was...
  
  , for the composition of the tectonic map of the Soviet Union
• Order of Lenin
  Order of Lenin
  The Order of Lenin , named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union...
  
   (2)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor
• Medals