Rudolf Samoylovich

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Rudolf Samoylovich
Rudolf Samoylovich on a 2000 Russian stamp

Rudolf (Ruvim) Lazarevich Samoylovich (

O.S. 1 September), 1881 – 4 March 1939) was a Soviet
polar explorer, professor, and doctor of geographic sciences.

Biography

Samoylovich was born into the family of a Jewish merchant in

Mining Academy in Freiberg. While in Germany he remained politically active, including by shipping to Azov copies of the underground newspaper Iskra
. After graduating in 1904, he returned to Azov and worked on the underground printing of revolutionary literature.

In 1906, he moved to

Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. He was arrested and exiled to Pinega. In 1910, he was allowed to relocate to the nearby city of Arkhangelsk where he became involved in Arctic studies and met Vladimir Rusanov
.

In 1912, he participated in Rusanov's

Leningrad State University
and served as its chairman from 1934 to 1937.

During this period, Samoylovich also took part in numerous Arctic expeditions. In 1928 he commanded the icebreaker

Sadko
in 1936 and 1937–1938.

Samoylovich was arrested in May 1938 and was shot on March 4, 1939, in

Leningrad. He was posthumously rehabilitated
in 1957.

Legacy

A strait and a glacier top on

nunatak in Antarctica bear Rudolf Samoylovich's name as does a liquified natural gas carrier built in 2018. He was awarded the Order of Lenin and Order of the Red Banner of Labour
.

In The Red Tent, a 1969 Soviet-Italian film about the Italia expedition, Samoylovich is played by Grigori Gaj (ru).

Since 1981, the house where Samoylovich lived in Azov has been operated as a museum.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rudolf Lasarewitsch Samoilowitsch.

This article includes content derived from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978, which is partially in the public domain.

External links

Newspaper clippings about Rudolf Samoylovich in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

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