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15-464: In 1922, while leading a geological expedition, Nikolay Urvantsev came across a small hut made of driftwood, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the estuary of the Zeledeyeva River. He and his party found there the lost mail of Roald Amundsen 's 1919 Arctic expedition trusted to crew members Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen . The mail and scientific data that the two ill-fated Norwegians had been carrying

30-553: A geological expedition, Urvantsev found evidence of the mysteriously disappeared Amundsen 's 1918 Arctic expedition crew members Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen . Urvantsev recovered the mail and scientific data that the two ill-fated Norwegians had been carrying. The valuable documents were lying abandoned on the Kara Sea shore near the mouth of the Zeledeyeva River . In 1930-1932 Urvantsev, together with Georgy Ushakov , explored

45-636: The Severnaya Zemlya archipelago where they discovered a number of islands. He published a book about the expedition, At the Severnaya Zemlya . He also explored other remote areas of Russia, Taimyr and Central Siberian Plateau . In 1933-34 the newly formed Glavsevmorput’ (Chief Administration of the Northern Sea Route) sent the steamer Pravda to Nordvik on the historical first oil exploration expedition to Northern Siberia. This venture

60-636: The Great Gold Medal. The mineral Urvantsevite honors his name. Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin ( Russian : Орден Ленина , romanized :  Orden Lenina , pronounced [ˈordʲɪn ˈlʲenʲɪnə] ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin , the leader of the October Revolution . It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was

75-562: The highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union . The order was awarded to: From 1944 to 1957, before the institution of specific length of service medals, the Order of Lenin was also used to reward 25 years of conspicuous military service. Those who were awarded the titles " Hero of the Soviet Union " and " Hero of Socialist Labour " were also given the order as part of the award. It

90-482: The left chest without a ribbon. Later it was worn as a medal suspended from a red ribbon with pairs of yellow stripes at the edges (see image above). The ribbon bar is of the same design. The portrait of Lenin was originally a riveted silver piece. For a time it was incorporated into a one-piece gold badge, but finally returned as a separate platinum piece until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. The first Order of Lenin

105-638: Was fully exonerated in 1954. Until his death he worked as Chair of the Arctic Geology Department in the Scientific Research Institute of Arctic Geology (НИИГА, now All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of World Ocean Geology and Mineral Resources , VNIIOkeanologiya , ВНИИОкеанология). He was the recipient of two Orders of Lenin and several medals and the honorary title of Honored Worker of Science . The USSR Geographical Society elected him an Honorary Member and awarded him

120-752: Was a Soviet geologist and explorer. He was born in the town of Lukoyanov in the Lukoyanovsky Uyezd of the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire to the family of a merchant. He graduated from the Tomsk Engineering Institute in 1918. Urvantsev was among the discoverers of the Norilsk coal basin and Norilsk copper - nickel ore region in 1919-1922 and was among the founders of Norilsk town. In 1922, while leading

135-478: Was a round badge with a central disc featuring Vladimir Lenin 's profile surrounded by smokestacks , a tractor and a building, possibly a power plant. A thin red-enamelled border and a circle of wheat panicles surrounded the disc. At the top was a gold-plated " hammer and sickle " emblem, and at the bottom were the Russian initials for "USSR" ( Russian : СССР ) in red enamel. Only about 800 of this design were minted. It

150-434: Was also bestowed on cities, companies, factories, regions, military units, and ships. Various educational institutions and military units who received the said Order applied the full name of the order into their official titles. The first design of the Order of Lenin was sculpted by Pyotr Tayozhny and Ivan Shadr based on sketches by Ivan Dubasov . It was made by Goznak of silver with some lightly gold-plated features. It

165-483: Was awarded between 1930 and 1932. The second design was awarded from 1934 until 1936. This was a solid gold badge, featuring a silver plated disc bearing Lenin's portrait. The disc is surrounded by two golden panicles of wheat , and a red flag with "LENIN" in Cyrillic script ( Russian : ЛЕНИН ). A red star is placed on the left and the "hammer and sickle" emblem at the bottom, both in red enamel. The third design

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180-406: Was awarded from 1936 until 1943. The design was the same as previous, but the central disc was gray enamelled and Lenin's portrait was a separate piece made of platinum fixed by rivets . The fourth design was awarded from 1943 until 1991. Design was the same as previous, but was worn as a medal suspended from a ribbon (all previous were screwback). The badge was originally worn by screwback on

195-602: Was awarded to the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda on 23 May 1930. Also among the first ten recipients were five industrial companies, three pilots, and the Secretary to the Central Executive Committee Avel Enukidze . The first person to be awarded a second Order of Lenin was the pilot Valery Chkalov in 1936. Another pilot, Vladimir Kokkinaki , became the first to receive a third Order in 1939. The first five foreign recipients – who were presented with

210-549: Was led by Nikolay Urvantsev who travelled on the Pravda along with his wife, Dr. Yelizaveta Ivanovna. She was the officer in charge of the medical care of the expedition. During the Stalinism era Urvantsev was several times wrongfully accused of wrecking . He was convicted and had to serve in Karlag ( Karaganda labor camp system) and Norillag (Norilsk labor camp system). Urvantsev

225-775: Was lying abandoned on the Kara Sea shore strewn about by the bears . This river is now within the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve , the largest nature reserve of Russia and one of the biggest in the world. This Krasnoyarsk Krai location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Siberia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nikolay Urvantsev Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev ( Russian : Николáй Николáевич Урвáнцев ; 29 January [ O.S. 17 January] 1893 – 20 February 1985)

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