Anatoly Mikhailovich Sagalevich (; born 5 September 1938) is a Russian explorer who, since 1995, has worked at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the

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until 1991). Since 1979 he has been the director of the Russian (former

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) Deepwater Submersibles Laboratory. He received a

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degree in 1985. Sagalevich took part in the construction of Pisces VIII, Pisces IX and

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Deep Submergence Vehicles (DSV) and completed more than 300 submersions as the chief pilot of DSVs. Between 1989 and 2005 he led 28 expeditions on MIR DSV. He was the pilot of MIR during expeditions to the British passenger liner RMS ''Titanic'', the German battleship ''Bismarck'', the Soviet submarine K-278 ''Komsomolets'', the Japanese submarine '' I-52'', and the Russian submarine K-141 ''Kursk''. Sagalevich holds the world record for the deepest fresh water dive, at (in

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aboard a Pisces in 1990). On 2 August 2007 Sagalevich was the pilot of MIR-1 DSV, which reached the

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at the

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during the Arktika 2007 expedition. On 10 January 2008 Sagalevich was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation for "courage and heroism shown in extreme conditions and successful completion of High-Latitude Arctic Deep-Water Expedition."

Honours and awards

* Hero of the Russian Federation (9 January 2008), "for courage and heroism displayed in extreme conditions, and the success of high-latitude Arctic deep-sea expedition." *

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– for MIR-1 and MIR-2 creation * Order of the Badge of Honour – for deepwater research of

* Order of Courage – for special underwater operations on Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets * Lowell Thomas Award – for valuable contribution into conducting deepwater ocean research in the 20th century. * 2007 Adventurer of the Year award from prestigious Los Angeles Adventurers' Club for Arctic dive to North Pole. * 2008 The William Beebe Award

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* 2009 The Ralph White Award from

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* 2002 – Member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences underwater U.S. category "Science"

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