цмэи

Historical milestones

1946

The Institute of Oceanology was established. Resolution of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences

1946

• The fundamental role of the spatial unevenness of the wind field in the formation of ocean circulation.
• Equatorial countercurrent theory.

V.B. Shtokman

1948

• The concept of the biological structure of the ocean and its total biological resources

L.A. Zenkevich and V.G. Bogorov

1957

• Maximum depth of the Mariana Trench - 11,022 m
• Life at depths > 7 km
• XXV cruise of RV Vityaz

1967

• Ocean turbulence theory

A.S. Monin and R.V. Ozmidov

1970

• Synoptic eddies
• Experiment POLYMODE in the Atlantic

L.M. Brekhovskih,
M.N. Koshlyakov, V.G. Kort and
L.M. Fomin

Vladimir Tereshchenkov

Navy Assistant Director
PhD (Geographical Sciences)

Ocean expedition center
Directorate of the IO RAS

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Historical milestones

1977

• 1st expedition using deep sea manned submersibles Pysis with a working depth of 2 km.

A new era in ocean exploration

1978

• Theory of phosphorite formation in upwelling zones.

G.N. Baturin

1987

• 1st dive of deep-sea manned submersibles Mir

Constructor I.E. Mikhaltsev

1993-2007

• The concept of marginal filters that capture river runoff and pollution

A.P. Lisitsyn

1995-96

• RV Mstislav Keldysh and deep-sea submersible Mir take part in the filming of the movie Titanic.

A.M. Sagalevich

2007-2016

• 6 complex expeditions to study the current state of the Kara Sea ecosystem

2015

• Deep convection in the subpolar Atlantic and a record sinking of surface waters to depths
> 1.5 km are found

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Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
of Russian Academy of Sciences

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
of Russian Academy of Sciences

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
of Russian Academy of Sciences

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
of Russian Academy of Sciences