The grave of the the Soviet polar explorer Yevgeny Tolstikov at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia
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3744 x 5616 px | 31.7 x 47.5 cm | 12.5 x 18.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Novodevichy Cemetery, 2 Luzhnetski Proezd, Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia, Eastern Europe, EuropeMore information:
Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov (9 February 1913 in Tula, Russia - 3 December 1987 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet polar explorer, awarded by the Hero of the Soviet Union title. He led the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition and one of the first manned drifting ice station in the Arctic. In 1979, he was made deputy chairman of the State Committee for Hydrometeorolgy and Environmental Control. A minor planet 3357 Tolstikov discovered by Czech astronomer Antonin Mrkos in 1984 is named after him.