Alexey Fyodorovich Tryoshnikov (russian: Алексе́й Фёдорович Трёшников) (14 April 1914, Pavlovka, Karsunsky Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate – 18 November 1991, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet

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and leader of the

2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Second Soviet Antarctic Expedition was led by Aleksei Treshnikov on the continent; the marine expedition on the "Ob" was led by I. V. Maksimov. The "Ob" left Kaliningrad on 7 November, 1956. Three ships were used to transport the expedition, a ...

and the 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. He was involved in defending the Northern Sea Route during World War II and participated in the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. Between 1954 and 1955, he was the leader of the North Pole-3 ice station in the Arctic Ocean. He was also the president of the

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since 1977 and the director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) of the Soviet Union from 1960 to 1981. In 1982 he was elected Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. A minor planet 3339 Treshnikov discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos in 1978 is named after him.

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* Hero of Socialist Labor (1949) * four Orders of Lenin (1949, 1955, 1960, 1984) * Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1981) * Order of the Badge of Honor (1946) * Order of the October Revolution (1974) *

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (russian: Медаль «За победу над Германией в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.») was a military de ...

* Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic" *

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" A jubilee is a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term is often now used to denote the celebrations associated with the reign of a monarch after a milestone number of y ...

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Academician Treshnikov
1914 births 1991 deaths People from Baryshsky District People from Karsunsky Uyezd Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Russian and Soviet polar explorers Soviet explorers Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Heroes of Socialist Labour {{geoscientist-stub

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