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Otto Yulyevich Shmidt

Soviet scientist and explorer
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Sept. 30 [Sept. 18, Old Style], 1891, Mogilyov, Russia
Died:
Sept. 7, 1956, Moscow (aged 64)
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Otto Yulyevich Shmidt (born Sept. 30 [Sept. 18, Old Style], 1891, Mogilyov, Russia—died Sept. 7, 1956, Moscow) was a Soviet scientist and explorer responsible for the Soviet program of exploration and exploitation of Arctic resources; through his many activities he exercised a wide and diverse influence on Soviet life and thought. Professor of mathematics at the University of Moscow from 1926 until his death, Shmidt became director of the Arctic Institute (1930) and head of the chief administration of the Northern Sea Route (Glavesmoput), the government department responsible for Arctic development. During his six years in this position he spent ...(100 of 197 words)

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