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Ivan Papanin

1894 - 1986

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Ivan Dmitriyevich Papanin (Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Папанин; 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1894 – 30 January 1986) was a Soviet polar explorer, scientist, Counter Admiral, and twice Hero of the Soviet Union, who was awarded nine Orders of Lenin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Papanin is the 285th most popular explorer (up from 314th in 2019). (up from 2,977th in 2019)

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Among explorers, Ivan Papanin ranks 285 out of 498. Before him are William Smith, Pierre Poivre, Willem de Vlamingh, Estêvão Gomes, Ludwig Leichhardt, and Freya Stark. After him are Nuno Tristão, Francis Younghusband, Jim Bridger, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Anthony Jenkinson, and Eusebio Kino.

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Among people born in 1894, Ivan Papanin ranks 122. Before him are Boris Pilnyak, Eduard Wagner, Henry Hazlitt, Maksim Purkayev, Warren Weaver, and Maria Restituta Kafka. After him are Mikheil Chiaureli, Kyuichi Tokuda, Ernesto Ambrosini, David Butler, Vilmos Aba-Novák, and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. Among people deceased in 1986, Ivan Papanin ranks 121. Before him are John Bagot Glubb, Artur London, James H. Wilkinson, Nicholas Kaldor, Gregory Jarvis, and Princess Anne of Orléans. After him are Étienne Mattler, Fumiko Enchi, Adolfo Baloncieri, Harold Arlen, Howard Da Silva, and Ernst Lehner.

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