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Farman Gurban ogly Salmanov (, 1928 ) is an Azerbaijani Geologist famous for discovering great Oil Field s in Western Siberia in the Tyumen Oblast in 1961 . Farman Salmanov was born in the village of Morul of Shamkhor district of Azerbaijan SSR in a family of farmers. After graduating from school with honors, he entered the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute and upon graduation was sent to explore oil in Kuzbass . He soon realized that there was no oil in Kuzbass, and decided to move with volunteers from his exploration team to Surgut in Siberia without the consent of the Soviet authorities. According to the doctrine prevailing at the time in the Soviet geological science Siberia was not considered an oil-bearing region. The authorities tried to initiate criminal prosecution of Salmanov, but had to give a post factum approval of his mission when his team threatened they would go on strike. Salmanov struck oil on 21 March 1961 in leaders realized the importance of Salmanov’s discoveries, and Siberian oil soon became the main driving force of Soviet economy and a primary source of Hard Currency for the Soviet budget. Farman Salmanov dedicated 50 years of his life to the oil-and-gas industry of the Soviet Union and Russia , and discovered or participated in the discovery of over 100 fields, including such huge oil and gas reserves as Mamontovskoye, Megionskoye, Pravdinskoye, Ust-Balykskoye, Surgutskoye, Urengoiskoye, Yamburgskoye, etc. He was awarded the title of the Hero Of Socialist Labor in 1966 and the Lenin Prize in 1970. From 1978 to 1987 Salmanov headed the "Glavtyumengeology", an organization, which was in charge of oil and gas exploration in the Tyumen region. In 1987 – 1991 he was the first deputy to the Minister of Geology of the USSR. Currently F. Salmanov is an adviser to the president of Russian ITERA Gas Company. Farman Salmanov is the doctor of geological-mineralogical sciences, a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy Of Sciences , the author of over 160 Monograph s and scientific works. He is the honorary citizen of Khanty-Mansi and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District s, the city of Surgut and the state of Texas . A number of feature and documentary films were dedicated to Salmanov’s story. EXTERNAL LINKS
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