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Georgy Ushakov

1901 - 1963

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Georgy Alexeyevich Ushakov (Russian: Георгий Алексеевич Ушаков; 30 January [O.S. 17 January] 1901 – 3 December 1963) was a Soviet explorer of the Arctic. Ushakov broke new ground when he surveyed and explored Severnaya Zemlya, together with four other Arctic explorers, establishing that it was an archipelago. He was honoured by being named Doctor of Geographic Sciences in 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgy Ushakov is the 443rd most popular explorer (up from 458th in 2019), the 2,080th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,254th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Georgy Ushakov ranks 443 out of 498. Before him are Tobias Furneaux, Mikhail Somov, Vassili Poyarkov, Aeneas Mackintosh, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, and Boyd Alexander. After him are Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Frans Blom, John Gardner Wilkinson, Valerian Albanov, and Matthew Henson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Georgy Ushakov ranks 296. Before him are Lisette Model, Paul Verhoeven, Thomas Cooray, Alexis Chantraine, Felipe Molas López, and Thawan Thamrongnawasawat. After him are Gerald Finzi, Endre Steiner, Charles Stark Draper, Hans Drakenberg, Frank Fisher, and Martin Schröttle. Among people deceased in 1963, Georgy Ushakov ranks 185. Before him are María Guadalupe García Zavala, Adrien Rommel, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Aquilino Ribeiro, Benno Moiseiwitsch, and Mariano Arrate. After him are Frans Blom, Ion Agârbiceanu, Louis Ségura, Tashi Namgyal, Rogers Hornsby, and Reinier Beeuwkes.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Georgy Ushakov ranks 2,080 out of 3,761. Before him are Oleg Romantsev (1954), Marina Ratner (1938), Viktor Talalikhin (1918), Nadezhda Kadysheva (1959), Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950), and Alexei Starobinsky (1948). After him are Andrey Arkhangelsky (1879), Olga Bondarenko (1960), Yelena Safonova (1956), Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg (1832), Dmitri Radchenko (1970), and Yuri Artsutanov (1929).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Georgy Ushakov ranks 32. Before him are Alexander Fersman (1883), Artur Chilingarov (1939), Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), Mikhail Somov (1908), Vassili Poyarkov (null), and Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860). After him are Valerian Albanov (1881), and Aleksandra Potanina (1843).

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