Vladimir Sobolev (geologist)

Vladimir Stepanovich Sobolev (Russian: Владимир Степанович Соболев; 30 May 1908, Luhansk – 1 September 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian geologist, working in mineralogy, petrology and theory of metamorphism. He predicted deposits of diamonds in Eastern Siberia.

• Stalin Prize, 2nd class (1950)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1955)
• Honored Science Worker of the Yakut ASSR (1967)
• Two Orders of Lenin (1967, 1978)
• Lenin Prize (5 October 1976)
• Hero of Socialist Labour (1978)

• Arima, Makoto; Harte, Ben; Sobolev, Nikolay V. (1 May 2008). "Diamonds: A Special Issue in honour of Vladimir S. Sobolev". European Journal of Mineralogy. 20 (3): 303–304. Bibcode:2008EJMin..20..303A. doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1830.
• Krajick, Kevin (2016). Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North America Arctic. Open Road Media. ISBN 9781504029162.