Nikolay Urvantsev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolay Urvantsev

Russian geologist

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Lukoyanov, Russia

Date of Death: 20-Feb-1985

Profession: geologist, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ????????; 29 January [O.S.
17 January] 1893 – 20 February 1985) was a Soviet geologist and explorer.
He was born in the town of Lukoyanov of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire to the family of a merchant.
He graduated from the Tomsk Engineering Institute in 1918. Urvantsev was among the discoverers of the Norilsk coal basin and Norilsk copper-nickel ore region in 1919-1922 and was among the founders of Norilsk town.