List of Antarctic expeditions by the Soviet Union

List of Antarctic expeditions by the Soviet Union is a list of expeditions from the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

to Antarctica.

Expeditions ordered by date

Date	Expedition	Leader
1955–57	1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition 1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition The First Soviet Antarctic Expedition was led by Mikhail Somov; his scientific deputy was V. G. Kort. The expedition lasted from 30 November 1955 to 1957 and involved 127 expedition members and 75 crew members....	Mikhail Somov Mikhail Somov Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences ....
1956–58	2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Second Soviet Antarctic Expedition was led by Aleksei Treshnikov on the continent; the marine expedition on the "Ob" was led by I. V. Maksimov. The "Ob" left Kaliningrad on 7 November, 1956....	Aleksei Treshnikov Aleksei Treshnikov Alexey Fyodorovich Tryoshnikov was a Soviet polar explorer and leader of the 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition.He was involved in defending the Northern Sea Route during World War II and participated in the...
1957–59	3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition was led by Yevgeny Tolstikov on the continent; the marine expedition on the Ob was led by I V Maksimov....	Yevgeny Tolstikov Yevgeny Tolstikov Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov was a Soviet polar explorer, awarded by the Hero of the Soviet Union title. He led the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition and one of the first manned drifting ice station in the Arctic....
1958–60	4th Soviet Antarctic Expedition 4th Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Fourth Soviet Antarctic Expedition was an expedition in Antarctica led by Aleksandr Gavrilovich Dralkin.According to Soviet News:-References:# Eds "The Record" in The Geographical Journal. 126:248–55...	Aleksandr Dralkin Aleksandr Dralkin Aleksandr Gavrilovich Dralkin was a Soviet oceanologist, geographer and polar explorer. He was a leader of the Fourth Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the Seventh Soviet Antarctic Expedition. He also worked on the North Pole-4 drifting ice station in the Arctic Ocean.-References:...
1959–61	5th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	Yevgeny Korotkevich Yevgeny Korotkevich Yevgeny Sergeyevich Korotkevich was a Soviet scientist and polar explorer, Hero of Socialist Labor, and Doctor of Geographical Sciences. He was one of the leading scientists of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in the field of glaciology and geography of polar countries.Yevgeny...
1960–62	6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	V.Driatsky
1961–63	7th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	Aleksandr Dralkin Aleksandr Dralkin Aleksandr Gavrilovich Dralkin was a Soviet oceanologist, geographer and polar explorer. He was a leader of the Fourth Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the Seventh Soviet Antarctic Expedition. He also worked on the North Pole-4 drifting ice station in the Arctic Ocean.-References:...
1962–64	8th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	Mikhail Somov Mikhail Somov Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences ....
1963–65	9th Soviet Antarctic Expedition 9th Soviet Antarctic Expedition The 9th Soviet Antarctic Expedition was the Soviet Antarctic Expedition that ran from 1963 to 16 March 1965.The expedition was led by Dr. Mikhail Somov...	Mikhail Somov Mikhail Somov Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences ....
1964–66	10th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	M.E.Ostrekin, I.G.Petrov
1965–67	11th Soviet Antarctic Expedition 11th Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Eleventh Soviet Antarctic Expedition was an expedition by the Soviet Union to Antarctica based at Mirny Station.The Expedition did research into; the climate, the state of the ionosphere, the northern lights, cosmic rays, the geomagnetic field, and the source of radio waves.One major task of...	D.D.Maksutov, Leonid Dubrovin
1966–68	12th Soviet Antarctic Expedition 12th Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Twelfth Soviet Antarctic Expedition was an expedition by the Soviet Union to Antarctica.During this expedition, a new method was used for measuring the thickness of the ice cap of Antarctica using radar...	Pavel Senko Pavel Senko Pavel Kononovich Senko was a Soviet polar explorer, scientist, and member and leader of numerous expeditions to Antarctica under the auspices of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition.... and Vladislav Gerbovich
1967–69	13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition The 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition was the Soviet Antarctic Expedition that ran from 1967 to 1969.The leader of the expedition was Aleksei Treshnikov. American scientists on the expedition researched the accessible ice-free locations on the west coast of Enderby Land.-References:* MacNamara, E. E...	Aleksei Treshnikov Aleksei Treshnikov Alexey Fyodorovich Tryoshnikov was a Soviet polar explorer and leader of the 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition.He was involved in defending the Northern Sea Route during World War II and participated in the...
1968–70	14th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	D.D.Maksutov, E.T.Krenkel
1969–71	15th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	Pavel Senko Pavel Senko Pavel Kononovich Senko was a Soviet polar explorer, scientist, and member and leader of numerous expeditions to Antarctica under the auspices of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition.... and Vladislav Gerbovich
1970–72	16th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	I.G.Petrov and Yury Tarbeyev
1971–73	17th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	Yevgeny Korotkevich Yevgeny Korotkevich Yevgeny Sergeyevich Korotkevich was a Soviet scientist and polar explorer, Hero of Socialist Labor, and Doctor of Geographical Sciences. He was one of the leading scientists of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in the field of glaciology and geography of polar countries.Yevgeny... , V.G.Averyanov
1972–74	18th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	Pavel Senko Pavel Senko Pavel Kononovich Senko was a Soviet polar explorer, scientist, and member and leader of numerous expeditions to Antarctica under the auspices of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition....
1973–75	19th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	D.D.Maksutov, V.S.Ignatov
1974–76	20th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	V.I.Serdyukov, N.A.Kornilov
1975–77	21st Soviet Antarctic Expedition	O.K.Sedov, G.I.Bardin
1976–78	22nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition	N.I.Tyabin, Leonid Dubrovin
1977–79	23rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition	V.I.Serdyukov, O.K.Sedov
1978–80	24th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	A.N.Artemyev, O.K.Sedov
1979–80	25th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	N.A.Kornilov, N.I.Tyabin
1980–82	26th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	V.I.Serdyukov, V.A.Shamontyev
1981–83	27th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	D.D.Maksutov, R.M.Galkin
1982–84	28th Soviet Antarctic Expedition 28th Soviet Antarctic Expedition The 28th Soviet Antarctic Expedition was an expedition to Antarctica undertaken by the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic.Although the GDR could not build a research station as a result of not having signed the Antarctic Treaty, it operated a research station near the Soviet...	N.A.Kornilov, A.N.Artemyev
1983–85	29th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	N.I.Tyabin, L.V.Bulatov
1984–86	30th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	D.D.Maksutov, R.M.Galkin
1985–87	31st Soviet Antarctic Expedition	N.I.Tyabin, V.F.Dubovtsev
1986–88	32nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition	V.D.Klokov, V.Ya.Vovk
1987–89	33rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition	N.A.Kornilov, Yu.A.Khabarov
1988–90	34th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	S.M.Pryamikov, L.V.Bulatov
1989–91	35th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	V.M.Piguzov
1991–92	36th Soviet Antarctic Expedition	Lev Savatyugin

Expeditions ordered by date

See also