Background
Ilyin, Andrei Vasilievitch was born on March 10, 1924 in Moscow. Son of Vasily Fedorovitch and Varvara Andreevna (Ksenofontova) Ilyin.
Ilyin, Andrei Vasilievitch was born on March 10, 1924 in Moscow. Son of Vasily Fedorovitch and Varvara Andreevna (Ksenofontova) Ilyin.
Graduate, Geological Prospecting Institute, Moscow, 1951. Candidate of science, Geological Prospecting Institute, Moscow, 1957. Doctor of Science in Geology and Mineralogy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1972.
Mapping geologist, All Union Aerophoto Geological Trust, Moscow, 1948-1959; chief geologist, Soviet Geological Expedition, Damascus, Syria, 1959-1965; head geological team, Soviet Geological Expedition, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 1967-1978; expert in photogeology, Geological Administration, Mogadishu, Somalia, 1965-1966; senior scientist, Institute the Lithosphere/Russian Academy Sciences, Moscow, 1978-1989; principal scientist, Institute the Lithosphere/Russian Academy Sciences, Moscow, since 1989. National representative International Geological Correleation Program, Moscow, since 1980.
Served with Russian army, 1942.
Married Tatiana Alexeevna Bogdanova. Children: Irina, Alexei.