Maps and Exploration

Georgy Ushakov

Georgy Alexeyevich Ushakov (Russian: Гео́ргий Алексе́евич Ушако́в; 30 January [O.S. 17 January] 1901 – 3 December 1963) was a Soviet explorer of the Arctic. Ushakov was one of the leaders of the 1930–1932 expedition that surveyed Severnaya Zemlya and established that it was an archipelago. He received the degree of Doctor of Geographic Sciences in 1950.

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• ▸John M Headrick & Co Building
• ▸Black swan theory
• ▸1799 Vendée earthquake

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