Igor Alekseyevich Shiklomanov (; February 28, 1939,

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– August 22, 2010,

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) was a Russian

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, Professor, Director of the

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from 1981, Academician of the

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(since 2001), Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (1999),http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/14028/ (in Russian) // Kremlin.ru Laureate of the 2001 International Hydrology Prize and of the 2006

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. He graduated from the

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in 1961. In 1967, he defended his

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's Dissertation. He was a student of Professor Daniil Sokolovsky. In 1977, he defended his doctoral dissertation. I.A.Shiklomanov is the author more than 220 scientific papers including 11 monographs.

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1939 births 2010 deaths Russian environmentalists Scientists from Saint Petersburg Academic staff of Russian State Hydrometeorological University Russian State Hydrometeorological University alumni Honoured Scientists of the Russian Federation {{Russia-scientist-stub