Andrey Insunovich Pak (; November 1926 – 1994) was a Soviet geologist and Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences.
He was of Korean descent. In 1951 he graduated from
Samarkand State University
Samarkand State University (SamSU) ( uz, SHarof Rashidov nomidagi Samarqand Davlat Universiteti (SamDU); russian: Самаркандский государственный университет имени Шарофа Рашидова) is a public ...
. He worked as chief geologist, chief parties in Krasnokholmskaya exploratory expedition.
Member of the discovery and exploration of gold, silver, uranium, phosphate, turquoise, quartz sand, and others. From 1967 to 1994 - Senior and Senior Fellow, Institute of Geology and Geophysics,
Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
The Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Fanlar akademiyasi, Ўзбекистон Республикаси Фанлар академияси) is the main scientific organization of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It coordi ...
. Candidate (1965) and Doctor (1984) of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences.
In 1959, he received the
Lenin Prize for the discovery of
uranium deposits
Uranium ore deposits are economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within the Earth's crust. Uranium is one of the more common elements in the Earth's crust, being 40 times more common than silver and 500 times more common than gold. It ...
in
Uchquduq. He was also awarded the
Order of the Red Banner of Labour and "Pioneer of the field" medal.
Author of the book: The Evolution of weathering crusts in the history of the Earth.
[AI Pak; UzSSR, Institute of Geology and Geophysics. HM Abdullayev. - Tashkent: Fan, 1987. - 155, .: Ill .; 23 cm.]
References
Sources
*Photo http://koryo-saram.ru/geolog-uchenyj-laureat/
*B. Lee. Coast of Hope. Tashkent Publisher: Niso Poligraf Year of publication: 201 Edition: 500 copies.
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1926 births
1994 deaths
Recipients of the Lenin Prize
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Koryo-saram people
Koryo-saram writers
Soviet people of Korean descent
Soviet geologists
Uzbekistani people of Korean descent
Uzbekistani scientists