- Anatoly Sagalevich
Anatoly Mikhailovich Sagalevich ( _ru. Анатолий Михайлович Сагалевич) (born 1938 [ [http://all-photo.ru/portret/sagalevich/index.ru.html Убзбмечйю Бобфпмйк Нйибкмпчйю ← Тпууйкулбс Рптфтефобс Збметес ← All-Photo.Ru ] ] ) is a Russian explorer, who works at the
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of theRussian Academy of Sciences (USSR Academy of Sciences until 1991) since 1965.Since 1979 he is the director of the Russian (former Soviet)
Deepwater Submersibles Laboratory . He receivedDoctor of Sciences degree in 1985. Sagalevich took part in the construction of Pisces VIII, Pisces IX and MIRDeep Submergence Vehicle s (DSV) and completed more than 300 submersions as the chief pilot of DSVs. Between 1989 and 2005 he led 28 expeditions on MIR DSV. He was the pilot of MIR during expeditions to RMS "Titanic", "Bismarck",Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets , "I-52 ", [ [http://www.deepoceanexpeditions.com/azores9.html Deep Ocean Expeditions ] ]Russian submarine K-141 Kursk . OnAugust 2 2007 Sagalevich was the pilot of MIR-1 DSV, that reached theseabed at theNorth Pole duringArktika 2007 expedition.On
January 10 2008 Anatoly Sagalevich was awarded the titleHero of the Russian Federation for "courage and heroism showed in extremal conditions and successful completion of ." [ [http://www.kremlin.ru/text/docs/2008/01/156144.shtml Президент России | Указ «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации» ] ]Other awards
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Order of Lenin - for MIR-1 and MIR-2 creation
*Order of the Badge of Honor - for deepwater research ofLake Baikal
*Order of Courage - for special underwater operations onSoviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets
*Lowell Thomas Award [ [http://www.explorers.org/spec_events/ltd/ltd_awardspast.php The Explorers Club ] ] - for valuable contribution into conducting deepwater ocean research in the 20th century.
*2007 Adventurer of the Year award from prestigious Los Angeles Adventurers' Club for Arctic dive to North Pole.References
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