Nikolay Shatsky
Nikolay Sergeyevich Shatsky, also spelt '''Nicholas Shatski was a Soviet geologist, an expert in tectonics of ancient platforms.
Shatsky Rise, an oceanic plateau in North Pacific is named after him.
Since 1982 the USSR Academy of Sciences/Russian Academy of Sciences has awarded the annual Shatsky Prize for achievements in tectonics.
Awards
- 1946: Stalin Prize
- 1958: Lenin Prize, for the composition of the tectonic map of the Soviet Union
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Medals