Andrey Dmitriyevich Arkhangelsky (russian: Андре́й Дми́триевич Арха́нгельский) (December 8, 1879 – June 16, 1940) was a Russian geologist. He was a professor at

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

. He was Corresponding Member of the Division of Physical-Mathematical Sciences since 1925, and Academician of the Division of Physical-Mathematical Sciences since 1929.Biographical note
Wayback Machine (with photo) He won the Lenin Prize in 1928.

Memoria

A crater on

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and

Arkhangel'skiy Nunataks The Arkhangel'skiy Nunataks () are a group of scattered rock outcrops about west of the central part of the Lazarev Mountains. They have been photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and an ...

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are named after him.

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1879 births 1940 deaths Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Russian geologists Soviet geologists Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925) Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Moscow State University faculty {{geologist-stub