Yekaterina Ankinovich
{{Short description|Soviet geologist and mineralogist, discoverer of 12 minerals}}
Yekaterina Alexandrovna Ankinovich (1911-1991) was a Soviet geologist and mineralogist, Doctor of Sciences and professor. She discovered a record number of minerals - 12. She won the Lenin Prize and the Stalin Prize.
Biography
=Early life=
Ankinovich was born in Little Yalchik (now Chuvashia).{{cite web|url=https://www.peoplelife.ru/13236 |title=Анкинович, Екатерина Александровна|website=peoplelife.ru |accessdate= 10 May 2021}}
=Education=
In 1937, she graduated from Leningrad Mining Institute (now Saint Petersburg Mining University).
In 1964, she earned a Doctor of Sciences in Geology and Mineralogy.
=Career=
She worked in the geological service of Kazakhstan including in Alma-Ata and Karatau.
Ankinovich became a professor in 1967. She later became head of the department of "crystallography, mineralogy and petrography."
Awards
- Stalin Prize Third Degree (USSR State Prize) 1948 for "geological research and development of the Nikolaevsky polymetal deposit"
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Honored Scientist of the Kazakhstani SSR (1974){{cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Kazakhstan_National_encyclopedia_(ru)_-_Vol_1_of_5_(2004).pdf&page=223 |title=Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia (ru) - Vol 1 of 5 (2004).pdf |page=221 - Анкинович, Екатерина Александровна|website= wikimedia.org |accessdate=10 May 2021}}
- USSR Deposit Discoverer Medal
- Lenin Prize{{cite web|url=https://satbayev.university/upload/base/2020/11/Nadyirbaev-Akbatyir-Aluadinovich.pdf |title=Надырбаев Акбатир Алуадинович - Председатель Комитета геологии и недропользование Министерства индустрии и инфруструктурного развития РК |website=satbayev.university |accessdate=10 May 2021}}
Honors
She has a mineral named after her - Ankinovichit.{{cite web|url=https://webmineral.ru/minerals/item.php?id=211320 |title=Минералы и месторождения Россия и стран ближнего зарубежья - Анкиновичит |website=webmineral.ru |accessdate=10 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://geo.web.ru/druza/a-Ankinovich.htm |title=АНКИНОВИЧ Екатерина Александровна |website=geo.web.ru |accessdate=10 May 2021}}
Family life
Her husband Stepan Gerasimovich Ankinovich was also a Soviet geologist.{{cite web|url=http://yavix.ru/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%20%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 |title=вики Анкинович Степан Герасимович |website=yavix.ru |accessdate=10 May 2021}}
References
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