Nikolay Baransky
Nikolay Baransky | |
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| Born | Nikolay Nikolayevich Baransky 27 July [O.S. 15 July] 1881 Tomsk, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 November 1963 (aged 82) |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Known for | founder of Soviet Rayon (Regional) school of economic geography |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economic geography |
| Institutions | Department of Economic And Social Geography of Russia MSU Faculty of Geography |
| Notable students | Georgy Lappo |
Nikolay Nikolayevich Baransky (Russian: Николай Николаевич Баранский; 27 July [O.S. 15 July] 1881 – 29 November, 1963) was a Soviet economic geographer, founder of Soviet Rayon (Regional) school of economic geography, and corresponding member of Soviet Academy of Sciences (1939); he was a Hero of Socialist Labour (1962) and winner of the Stalin Prize (1952).