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Konstantin Badygin

Konstantin Sergeyevich Badygin
The postal stationery card issued to commemorate 100th birth anniversary of Konstantin Badygin. The Russian Post, 2010.
Badigin in the cabin of steamship Georgy Sedov
Native name Константин Сергеевич Бадигин
Born (1910-11-30)30 November 1910
Penza, Russia
Died 15 March 1984(1984-03-15) (aged 73)
Moscow
Allegiance  Soviet Union
Service/branch Soviet Union Soviet Navy
Years of service 1928–1945
Rank Captain
Commands held Icebreaker Sedov
Awards Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Badge of Honour
Other work writer of Novels and historical works

Captain Konstantin Sergeyevich Badygin (or Badigin, Russian: Константин Сергеевич Бадигин; 30 November 1910 – 15 March 1984) was a Soviet naval officer, explorer, author, and scientist.

Konstantin Sergeyevich Badygin began his naval career in 1928 as a sailor on Soviet ships in the Pacific Ocean. Later he studied in the Marine Technical School at Vladivostok and became a navigator and an officer in the Soviet Navy.

Between 1935 and 1936 he became the third officer aboard Icebreaker Krasin and in 1937 he became the second in command aboard Icebreaker Sedov.

Badygin became renowned in 1938 as captain of icebreaker Sedov when it was transformed into a Soviet Drifting Polar Station. In 1940 Badigin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his work aboard the Sedov as both a naval officer and a scientist.

Between 1941 and 1943 he became the Chief of the Soviet ice-breaker fleet in the White Sea as well as the director of the Ice Survey Service.

In 1944 and 1945 he became the captain of merchant liner Clara Zetkin which plied the Vladivostok-Seattle route.

After the end of World War II Badigin asked to be relieved of active service owing to health reasons. Then he became an author and wrote three autobiographical works, as well as historical novels. He continued writing until his death in 1984.

In the summer of 1937 Icebreaker Sadko sailed from Murmansk. Its original goal was to sail to Henrietta, Zhokhov and Jeanette Islands, in the De Long group and carry out scientific research. The purpose of the expedition was also to find out how could the Northern Sea Route be used for regular shipping. But the Soviet naval authorities changed the plans and the ice-breaker was sent instead to help ships in distress in the Kara and Laptev Seas.


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