Background
Kapitsa, Andrei Petrovich was born on July 9, 1931 in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Son of Petr Leonidovich and Anna Alekseevna (Krilova) Kapitsa. arrived in Russia, 1935.
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Andrei Petrovich Kapitsa
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Andrei Petrovich Kapitsa, British geography educator. Named Honorable Polar Researcher Council Ministers Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1958, Honorable Member Aeroflot, 1964. Deputy Supreme Soviet of Russian Republic, Moscow, 1972-1980. Member Russian Academy of Sciences, International Foundation Human Ecology (president since 1995).
Education
Graduate, Moscow State University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Geographical Sciences, Moscow State University, 1964.
Career
Research scientist geography faculty, Moscow State University, 1953-1964;
dean, Moscow State University, 1964-1970;
head department environmental management, Moscow State University, 1978^.
president, Far Eastern Science Center Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Sciences, Vladivostok, 1970-1978. Participant and leader Antarctic traverse parties, 1955-1964. Leader Soviet East-African Geophysical Expeditions, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, 1967-1969.
Founder, director Pacific Institute Geography, Vladivostok, 1972-1978. Member presidium Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Sciences, 1970-1980, deputy secretary general, 1980-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Deputy Supreme Soviet of Russian Republic, Moscow, 1972-1980. Member Russian Academy of Sciences, International Foundation Human Ecology (president since 1995).
Interests
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Married Evgenia Aleksandrovna Preisfreind, June 22, 1952 (deceased 1990). Children: Anna, Nadezhda. Married Mlada Alekseevna Kalashnikova, January 2, 1992.
