Yekaterina Ankinovich
# Yekaterina Ankinovich

Yekaterina Alexandrovna Ankinovich (1911-1991) was a Soviet geologist and mineralogist, Doctor of Sciences and professor. She discovered a record number of minerals - 12. She won the Lenin Prize and the Stalin Prize.

## Biography

### Early life

Ankinovich was born in Little Yalchik (now Chuvashia).

### Education

In 1937, she graduated from Leningrad Mining Institute (now Saint Petersburg Mining University). In 1964, she earned a Doctor of Sciences in Geology and Mineralogy.

### Career

She worked in the geological service of Kazakhstan including in Alma-Ata and Karatau.

Ankinovich became a professor in 1967. She later became head of the department of "crystallography, mineralogy and petrography."

## Awards

* Stalin Prize Third Degree (USSR State Prize) 1948 for "geological research and development of the Nikolaevsky polymetal deposit"
* Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
* Honored Scientist of the Kazakhstani SSR (1974)
* USSR Deposit Discoverer Medal
* Lenin Prize

## Honors

She has a mineral named after her - Ankinovichit.

## Family life

Her husband Stepan Gerasimovich Ankinovich was also a Soviet geologist.

