Citizenship USSR Nationality Kazakhs | Name Kanysh Satbayev Fields Geology | |
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Born 12 April 1899
Semipalatinsk Oblast, Russian Empire ( 1899-04-12 ) Alma mater Tomsk Polytechnic University Known for First First president of the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences Died January 31, 1964, Moscow, Russia Education Tomsk Polytechnic University | ||
Kanysh Imantayuli Satbayev or Kanysh Imantaevich Satpaev (Kazakh: Қаныш Имантайұлы Сәтбаев; Russian: Каны́ш Иманта́евич Сатпа́ев) (April 11, 1899 – January 31, 1964) is one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny, principal advocate and the first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.
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Biography
Satbayev was born in what is today Bayanaul District, in Pavlodar Region. Satbayev's interest in geology was sparked in childhood by Tomsk geologist Mikhail Usov. In 1921, he got admitted to Tomsk Technological Institute (now Tomsk Polytechnic University). After completing his studies in 1926, Satbayev returned to Kazakhstan and became the first qualified Kazakh mining engineer and geologist.
He died in Moscow in 1964, and is buried in Almaty.
Legacy
Kanysh Satbayev left after himself more than 640 scientific publications. He created Institute of Geology which became the center of studies of Kazakhstan mineral resources.
Named after K. Satpayev: