Vladimir Kavrayskiy

Vladimir Kavrayskiy
Born	Vladimir Vladimirovich Kavrayskiy (1884-04-22)22 April 1884 Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	26 February 1954(1954-02-26) (aged 69) Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet
Scientific career
Fields	Geodesy, astronomy, cartography

Vladimir Vladimirovich Kavrayskiy (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Каврайский; April 22, 1884 – February 26, 1954) was a Soviet astronomer, geodesist and cartographer.

Scientific research

In 1939, he invented the Kavrayskiy VII projection.^[1]

Kavrayskiy produced a lifetime of scientific works devoted to the solution of navigation problems.

Namesakes

Kavrayskiy Hills in the Antarctic are named after him.

The hydrographic survey vessel Vladimir Kavrayskiy was named after him.^[2]

Awards and honors

Two Orders of the Red Banner (1944, 1947)
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1944)
Order of Lenin (1945)
Stalin Prize, 3rd class (1952)

References

^ Snyder, John P. (1993). Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections. p. 201. ISBN 0-226-76747-7.
^ Norman Polmar; United States Naval Institute (October 1991). The Naval Institute guide to the Soviet Navy. Naval Institute Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-87021-241-3.