Vasily Podshibyakin | |
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Born | Vasily Tikhonovich Podshibyakin 1 January 1928 Nikitskoye village, Volovsky District, Tula Oblast, Tula Governorate, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 20 May 1997 Novy Urengoy, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia | (aged 69)
Occupation | Geologist |
Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour |
Vasily Tikhonovich Podshibyakin (Russian: Василий Тихонович Подшибякин; 1 January 1928 – 20 May 1997) was a Soviet geologist and head of the trust “Yamalnefterazvedka”. He took part in discoveries of large and unique gas fields in the northern regions of Western Siberia, including Urengoy gas field.