Vasiliy Podshibyakin
| Vasiliy Tihonovich Podshibyakin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 January 1928 Nikitskoe, Tula oblast, Russia |
| Died | 20 May 1997 (aged 69) Novy Urengoy, Russia |
| Occupation | geologist |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour (1983), the Lenin prize (1970), the order of Lenin (1983), the orders of Red Banner of Labour (1966, 1979), |
Vasiliy Tihonovich Podshibyakin (1 January 1928 – 20 May 1997) was a Soviet geologist and head of the trust “Yamalnefterazvedka”. He took part in discoveries of large and unique gas fields in the northern regions of Western Siberia, including Urengoy gas field – the world's second largest natural gas field .
Vasiliy Tihonovich Podshibyakin was born on January 1, 1928 in Nikitskoe village in Tulskaya oblast. His grandfather was a batman of Nicholas II; his father – Tihon Afanasyevich – was one of the first kolkhoz presidents. There were four children in the family besides Vasiliy.
From 1943 to 1945 he studied at vocational school №8 of Uzlovaya town to get profession of a machinist. In 1951 Podshibyakin entered Moscow Oil University.
After completing his dissertation, Vasiliy asked to be assigned to Siberia. He became a mining engineer, and then he worked in the north of Tyumen oblast in Narym and Berezovo. Podshibyakin started as an assistant of a drilling foreman. In 1956 he was appointed the main engineer of Narym oil-exploring, in 1958 he became the director of that detachment.
In 1959 the Narym expedition was transferred to Tyumen oblast to Middle Ob side. Podshibyakin headed the Nizhnevartosk group of the Surgut complex expedition.
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