Background
Agranat, Grigory was born on December 30, 1919 in Mstislav, Belorussia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Abram Ilich and Sophia Abramovna Agranat.
Agranat, Grigory was born on December 30, 1919 in Mstislav, Belorussia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Abram Ilich and Sophia Abramovna Agranat.
Diploma, Pedagogical Institute Moscow, 1941. Kand.Sci., Moscow University, 1945. Doctor of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1966.
Group leader Arctic Institute, Moscow, 1946-1958. Senior researcher Council Productive Forces Studies, 1958-1963. Section head Institute Water Transport, 1963-1971.
Senior researcher, consultant Institute Geography, Russia Academy of Sciences, since 1971. Member Russian-Canada Intergovtl. Complex Commission on Arctic and the North, Moscow, 1992-1995.
Member science council on arctic and Antarctica, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, since 1999. Expert State Duma, Moscow, 1992-1999.
Vice president Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics-Canada Society, 1973-1991. Board directors Russian Association Canadian Studies, Moscow, 1992-1998. Member Russian Association Polar Explorers (honorary polar explorer 1994), Russian Geography Society, Central House of Scientists.