Vladimir Sobolev (geologist)
Vladimir Stepanovich Sobolev | |
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Владимир Степанович Соболев | |
Vladimir Sobolev in 1976. | |
| Born | May 30, 1908 Luhansk, Russian Empire |
| Died | September 1, 1982 (aged 74) Moscow, USSR |
| Alma mater | Leningrad Mining Institute |
| Known for | Metamorphic facies; Prediction of diamond deposits in Eastern Siberia |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour; Lenin Prize; Stalin Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Petrology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry |
| Institutions | Leningrad Mining Institute; Lviv State University; Institute of Geology and Geophysics (Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences); Fersman Mineralogical Museum |
Vladimir Stepanovich Sobolev (Russian: Владимир Степанович Соболев; 30 May 1908 – 1 September 1982) was a Soviet geologist, petrologist and mineralogist, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966), Hero of Socialist Labour (1978), and laureate of the Lenin Prize and the Stalin Prize. He was one of the founders of modern Soviet petrology and metamorphic geology and a pioneer in applying facies concepts to large-scale geological mapping. Sobolev was the first to predict the presence of diamond-bearing kimberlites in Eastern Siberia, a forecast later confirmed by discoveries in the 1950s.