Mikhail Ivanovich Balzamov ( October 1, 1909 , Moscow , Russian Empire - September 25, 1966 ) - chief geologist of the Krasnodarnefterazvedka trust of the Ministry of Oil Industry of the southern and western regions of the USSR.
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| Date of Birth | October 1, 1909 | ||||||
| Place of Birth | Moscow , Russian Empire | ||||||
| Date of death | September 25, 1966 (56 years old) | ||||||
| Place of death | Krasnodar, USSR | ||||||
| A country |  the USSR | ||||||
| Scientific field | geologist | ||||||
| Alma mater | MNI named after I.M. Gubkin | ||||||
| Academic degree | Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences | ||||||
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Biography
Born October 1 (September 18), 1909 in Moscow in the family of an employee.
- 1935 - graduated from the Moscow Polytechnic Institute named after I.M. Gubkin with a degree in geological engineering
- 1935-1936 - served in the Red Army
- 1936-1941 - head of the geological party, geologist, chief geologist of the Groznefterazvedka trust in the city of Grozny
- 1938 - joined the CPSU (b)
- 1941 - participant of the Great Patriotic War
- 1943 - technician in armament of the 1st Aviation Squadron of the 62nd Aviation Regiment of the Air Force of the Black Sea Fleet, junior technician-lieutenant.
- 1946-1948 - chief geologist of the Krasnodarnefterazvedka trust
- 1948-1956 - chief geologist of the Sakhalinneft association
- 1956-1957 - Advisor on Geology in India.
Since 1957, a personal pensioner.
Scientific, industrial and social achievements
The author of more than 100 works on the geology and oil and gas potential of the Ciscaucasia and the development of gas logging methods.
Academic Degrees and Titles
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences
Rewards
- Hero of Socialist Labor (8.5.1948) - for the discovery of large oil and gas condensate fields in the Krasnodar Territory
- Stalin Prize of the second degree (1948) - for radical improvements in oil prospecting methods, which led to the discovery of new fields
- Order of Lenin (8.5.1948)
- Order of the Patriotic War II degree (10.29.1943)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- eight medals
Literature
- Portrait Gallery of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I. M. Gubkin, 2010
- Professionals in the oil and gas industry. Book 3. - M .: CJSC "Publishing House" Oil Industry "", 2005
Links
Sources
- Mikhail Ivanovich Balzamov. [1909 - 1966]. [Obituary]. - Geol. oil and gas, No. 4