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Mikhail Somov

1908 - 1973

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Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Сомов; 7 April [O.S. 25 March] 1908, in Moscow – 30 December 1973, in Leningrad) was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1954). Somov graduated from the Moscow Hydrometeorological Institute in 1937. In 1939, he was appointed senior researcher at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Somov has received more than 46,312 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Somov is the 410th most popular explorer (down from 367th in 2019), the 1,887th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,595th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Russian Explorer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Mikhail Somov ranks 410 out of 405. Before him are Tryggve Gran, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, George Back, Lars Christensen, Gombojab Tsybikov, and Boyd Alexander. After him are Lachlan Macquarie, Georgy Ushakov, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Isaac Israel Hayes, Fyodor Konyukhov, and Artur Chilingarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Mikhail Somov ranks 311. Before him are Vladimír Syrovátka, Félix Welkenhuysen, Julio Lores, Numa Andoire, Necil Kazım Akses, and Sigmund Haringer. After him are Celia Johnson, Olaf Hoffsbakken, Pablo Pacheco, Ugo Pignotti, Louis Daquin, and Helen Jacobs. Among people deceased in 1973, Mikhail Somov ranks 209. Before him are Betty Field, Estanislau de Figueiredo Pamplona, Michael Dunn, Vladimír Syrovátka, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Alberto Denegri. After him are Robert Buron, Sidney Blackmer, Romeo Bertini, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Folke Rogard, and Constance Talmadge.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Somov ranks 1,887 out of 3,262. Before him are Yuri Baturin (1949), Lev Alburt (1945), Valentin Ivanov (1961), Jorma Valkama (1928), Nikolai Menshutkin (1842), and Vernon Duke (1903). After him are Yegor Letov (1964), Alexei Lubimov (1944), Georgy Ushakov (1901), Zemfira (1976), Viktor Vinogradov (1894), and Zhanna Yorkina (1939).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Mikhail Somov ranks 28. Before him are Alexander Fersman (1883), Yakov Sannikov (1780), Pyotr Anjou (1796), Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), and Gombojab Tsybikov (1873). After him are Georgy Ushakov (1901), Artur Chilingarov (1939), Aleksandra Potanina (1843), and Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860).

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