Mikhail Vladimirovich Abramovich (russian: Михаил Владимирович Абрамович; pl, Michał Abramowicz; 1884 – 1965) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

of Polish origin. He was born and died in

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, the capital of

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and was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan.

Biography

Abramovich was born on January 27, 1884, in

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. He came from a Polish family. In 1910 he graduated from the

Petersburg 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, ...

, and from 1910 to 1930 he worked in oil industry of Azerbaijan. From 1922 until the end of his life, he worked at the Azerbaijani Industrial Institute, in the Department of Oil and gas exploration Azerbaijan Industrial Institute. Between 1920 and 1930 he was also the head of the Azneft Unification Geological Board. In 1935-1937 he was the head of the geology section at the Azerbaijani Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1938 he worked as the head of the oil geology laboratory at the Institute of Geology. In 1943 he became one of the first members of the USSR Azerbaijan Academy and headed the department of oil geology of the Institute of Geology of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. Abramovich made a significant contribution to the development of geological sciences in Azerbaijan. He managed, among others project regarding the calculation of the geological resources of the Republic's oil fields, as well as the introduction of methods for the secondary exploitation of crude oil. He was engaged in research

Absheron Peninsula The Absheron Peninsula ( az, Abşeron yarımadası) is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the biggest and the most populous city of the country, and also the Baku metropolitan area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyrd ...

and its oil fields. He participated in the selection in

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, a section of the Absheron of the productive stratum and its partition into suites. He established the cycles of sediment accumulation within the basin. He made a great contribution to the creation of a rational well placement system during the development of oil reservoirs. He was also a precursor of research on the interdependence of volcanic phenomena and occurrences of crude oil. He was the first to introduce the chemical classification of Palmer waters into the oil fields. He also distinguished himself in the field of training geological staff. Earlier he lived in Międzyrzec Podlaski. He is the author of over 100 scientific papers, including 6 monographs.Bibliography
/ref> He received many awards.

Awards

* Order of the Red Banner of Labor (06/10/1945)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abramovich, Mikhail 1884 births 1965 deaths Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Azerbaijani people of Polish descent Azerbaijani geologists Scientists from Baku Soviet geologists Soviet people of Polish descent Saint Petersburg Mining University alumni