Nikolay Shatsky

Nikolay Sergeyevich Shatsky, also spelt Nicholas Shatski (Николай Серге́евич Шатский; August 28 1895 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