| Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov | |
| Native Name: | Евгений Иванович Толстиков |
| Birth Date: | 9 February 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Tula, Russian Empire |
| Death Date: | 3 December 1987 (aged 74) |
| Death Place: | Moscow, USSR |
| Citizenship: | |
| Awards: | Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Known For: | leading 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition |
Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov (ru|Евгений Иванович Толстиков; 9 February 1913 – 3 December 1987) was a Soviet polar explorer who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1955 for heading the station "North Pole 4" for a year starting in April 1954.[1] [2] He led the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition and one of the first manned drifting ice stations in the Arctic.[3]
After the expedition he worked as deputy chief of the State Committee for Hydrometeorological Service Management.[4] [5]
A minor planet 3357 Tolstikov discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos in 1984 is named after him.[6]