Nikolay Shatsky
Introduction '''Nikolay Sergeyevich Shatsky''', also spelt '''Nicholas Shatski (''';  in Moscow – August 1, 1960 in Moscow) was a Soviet geologist, an expert in tectonics of ancient platforms.Shatsky Rise, an oceanic plateau in North Pacific is named after him.Since 1982 the USSR Academy of Sciences/Russian Academy of Sciences has awarded the annual Shatsky Prize (:ru:Премия имени Н. С. Шатского) for achievements in tectonics.
Awards *1946: Stalin Prize*1958: Lenin Prize, for the composition of the tectonic map of the Soviet Union* Order of Lenin (2)* Order of the Red Banner of Labour* Medals
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