Arthur Chilingarov (born in 1939 Leningrad, USSR is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and a Hero of the Soviet Union of Armenian descent. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovetskogo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ...

Education

In 1963 he graduated from the Arctic faculty of the Leningrad Marine Institute named after admiral S.O. Makarov. As an engineer-oceanologer was directed to Tiksi observatory of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. In 1965 was elected as the first secretary of Bulonsk district committee. In 1969 appointed as the head of the research station “North Pole-19” and in 1971 Chilingarov headed the Bellingshausen Station of the 17-th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Stepan Osipovich Makarov (Russian: Степа́н О́сипович Мака́ров) (January 8, 1848/1849 — March 31, 1904) was a famous Russian vice-admiral, a highly accomplished and decorated commander of the... Tiksi Tiksi, on the Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Tiksi is a port town located on Russias Arctic Ocean coast. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Bellingshausen Station is a Russian, formerly Soviet Antarctic station in Collins Harbour. ... The Fourth Soviet Antarctic Expedition used three large tractors and four sledges on the journey from Vostok to the South Pole The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) (Russian: Советских Антарктических Экспедициях, САЭ) was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of...

Since 1974, during 5 years, he was working in the West sector of the Arctic as a head of the Amderminsk Administration of hydrometeorology and environment control. Under his direction new forms of arctic operative navigation support were implemented; for the first time experimental works on cargo transfer to fast ice during wintertime were carried out in Yamal Peninsula. His experience in navigation support on the Northern Sea Route Chilingarov summarized in his dissertation for a scientific degree of a kandidate of geographical sciences. In 1985 he headed the special expedition on research vessel Mikhael Somov salvage, which was ice-blocked in the Southern Ocean. For successful performance of salvation operations in extreme conditions and shown organizational abilities and courage A. Chilingarov was awarded a Hero of the Soviet Union status. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Yamal Peninsula, located in Yamal-Nenets autonomous district of northwest Siberia, Russia, extends roughly 700km (435 mi) bordered principally by the Kara Sea on the west, and by the Gulf of Ob on the east. ... The Northern Sea Route (Russian Северный морской путь) is a shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Siberian coast of Russia. ...

Awards

A. Chilingarov is awarded with Orders of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honor, with many medals. He is a laureate of the USSR State Prize and the author of more than 50 scientific publications. The Order of Lenin (in Russian, the Orden Lenina (О́рден Ле́нина)), named after the leader of the Russian Revolution, was the highest national order of the Soviet Union. ... The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was an Order (decoration) of the Soviet Union for accomplishments in labour and civil service. ... Order of the Badge of Honor The Order of Honor was established by a Decree of the Presidium of the (Former) USSR Supreme Soviet on December 28, 1985. ... Stalin Prize medal State Prize medal The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ...

References

• Biography of Chilingarov