Background
Sorokin, Alexander Ivanovich was born on August 25, 1924 in Leningrad, Russia. Son of Ivan Kuzmich and Maria Fiodorovna (Liubishcheva).
Sorokin, Alexander Ivanovich was born on August 25, 1924 in Leningrad, Russia. Son of Ivan Kuzmich and Maria Fiodorovna (Liubishcheva).
Diploma (honorary), Naval Academy, Leningrad, 1955. Doctor of Science, Naval Academy, Leningrad, 1967.
Hydrographer Baltic Hydrographic Expedition, Leningrad, 1946-1951. Director department State Research Navigation-Hydrographic Institute, 1955-1972. Director Research Oceanographic Center, 1972-1974.
Chief chair Naval Academy, 1974-1989. Counselor Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, since 1990.
Deputy District Soviet, Leningrad, 1980-1981. Chairman department mathematics geography and cartography Russian Geographic Society, since 1974. Rear-admiral Russian Navy, 1942-1989.
Member Russian Geographic Society, Hydrographic Society, Russian Academy of Sciences (correspondent).
Son of; married Valentina Victorovna Cherokova, April 22, 1950. 1 child, Igor Alexandrovich.