Vladimir Kavrayskiy Explained

Vladimir Kavrayskiy
Birth Name:	Vladimir Vladimirovich Kavrayskiy
Birth Date:	22 April 1884
Birth Place:	Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:	Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship:	Soviet
Fields:	Geodesy, astronomy, cartography

Vladimir Vladimirovich Kavrayskiy (; 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)

See also

• Kavrayskiy VII projection

External links

• Vladimir Vladimirovich Kavraysky's biography in the 'Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography' published in 2008

Notes and References

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