Mariya Borisovna Borodaevskaya, née Kessenikh (9 December 1911,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

– 11 November 1994,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) was a doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences, professor, specialist in gold and copper deposits. She was an Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, Commander of the

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

, two Orders of the Badge of Honour and other government awards, veteran of Central Scientific Research Geological Prospecting Institute of Non-ferrous and Precious Metals.

Life

Mariya Kessenikh was born on 9 December 1911 in Tbilisi. She studied at the

Leningrad Mining Institute Saint Petersburg Mining University (russian: Санкт-Петербургский горный университет), is Russia's oldest technical university, and one of the oldest technical colleges in Europe. It was founded on October 21, ...

. In 1934, Kessenikh graduated from the Moscow State Geological Prospecting Institute. She began her professional career at the All-Union Institute of Mineral Resources, then worked for some time at the Serkavzoloto trust, and two years later, in 1936, became an employee of the newly created Scientific Research Geological Prospecting Institute of Gold. Kessenikh married Nikolay Borodaevsky. Together they researched the Berezovsky gold deposit and co-authored first scientific works. In 1949, Borodaevskaya defended her doctoral dissertation on the role of

magmatism Magmatism is the emplacement of magma within and at the surface of the outer layers of a terrestrial planet, which solidifies as igneous rocks. It does so through magmatic activity or igneous activity, the production, intrusion and extrusion of ...

in the formation of gold deposits. She became the first doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences at NIGRIZoloto and soon has become a recognized expert on gold. She was also a chief specialist of the Mingeology of the USSR on copper. During 1954-1972 Borodaevskaya was a Head of the Department of Geology at Central Scientific Research Geological Prospecting Institute of Non-ferrous and Precious Metals combining all geological research on gold, copper and diamonds. For many years, she was the curator of the USSR Ministry of Geology, the chairman of expert commissions on all-Union and mineral-raw material problems. From 1972 to 1982, Borodaevskaya headed the Department of geology, forecasting methods and prospecting for copper deposits. She became the author and co-author of more than 200 scientific papers, including several monographs. More than 20 employees defended their candidate dissertations under her supervision, she was an opponent of a number of doctoral dissertations. Mariya Borodayevskaya died on 11 November 1994 and was buried in Moscow at the Ostankino Cemetery.

Awards

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

* Two Orders of the Badge of Honour

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borodaevskaya, Mariya 1911 births 1994 deaths People from Tbilisi Saint Petersburg Mining University alumni Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Russian women geologists Soviet geologists Women mineralogists