Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov | |
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Евгений Иванович Толстиков | |
Born | 9 February 1913
Tula, Russian Empire |
Died | 3 December 1987 (aged 74)
Moscow, USSR |
Citizenship |
Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Known for | leading 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov ( Russian: Евгений Иванович Толстиков; 9 February 1913 – 3 December 1987) was a Soviet polar explorer who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1955 for heading the station "North Pole 4" for a year starting in April 1954. [1] [2] He led the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition and one of the first manned drifting ice stations in the Arctic. [3]
After the expedition he worked as deputy chief of the State Committee for Hydrometeorological Service Management. [4] [5]
A minor planet 3357 Tolstikov discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos in 1984 is named after him. [6]