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Yevgeny Fyodorov
Born	10 April 1910 Bendery,Bessarabia Governorate,Russian Empire
Died	30 December 1981(1981-12-30) (aged 71)
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union
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Yevgeny Konstantinovich Fyodorov (Russian:Евгений Константинович Фёдоров; 10 April [O.S. 28 March], 1910 – 30 December 1981) was aSovietgeophysicist, statesman, public figure, academician (1960), andHero of the Soviet Union (1938).

Yevgeny Fyodorov graduated fromLeningrad State University in 1932. In 1932–1938, he was a research associate on several polar stations, including the firstdrifting ice stationNorth Pole-1 (1937-1938).^[1] In 1938–1939, Yevgeny Fyodorov headed theArctic and Antarctic Research Institute. In 1938 he joined theAll-Union Communist Party (b).^{[clarification needed]}

In 1939-1947 and 1962–1974, he was in charge of theSoviet Weather Service (Гидрометеослужба СССР). In 1947–1955, Yevgeny Fyodorov was employed at theGeophysics Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. He was the one to establish and then head theApplied Geophysics Institute of the Soviet Weather Service.

Yevgeny Fyodorov authored numerous works dedicated to his research on the Arcticgeophysical fields, water balance of clouds, artificial influence on meteorological processes, study of highestatmospheric layers with the use ofsatellites, pollution etc. Yevgeny Fyodorov was awarded theUSSR State Prize (1946, 1969), fiveOrders of Lenin,Order of the October Revolution, six other orders, and several medals.

Fyodorov was the second chairman of theSoviet Peace Committee, in the years 1979–1981.

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