Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin (January 30 1986) was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded by nine Orders of Lenin Ivan was born in Sevastopol (currently Ukraine) to a family of a sailor. In 1914 he was conscripted to the Russian Navy. He took part in the Russian Civil War on the Soviet side, fighting in Ukraine. In 1920 he was sent to Crimea to organize guerilla movement against forces of Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel. Wikipedia
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