Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov (1913 - December, 1987) was a Soviet polar explorer, awarded by the Hero of the Soviet Union

Hero of the Soviet Union

The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...

 title. He led the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition and one of the first manned drifting ice station

Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations

Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations are important contributors to exploration of the Arctic. The stations are named North Pole Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations are important contributors to exploration of the Arctic. The stations are named North Pole Soviet and...

 in the Arctic

Arctic

The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...

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In 1979, he was made deputy chairman of the State Committee for Hydrometeorolgy and Environmental Control.

A minor planet

Minor planet

An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...

 3357 Tolstikov

3357 Tolstikov

3357 Tolstikov is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 21, 1984 by A. Mrkos at Klet.Was named in honour of Yevgeny Tolstikov.- External links :...

 discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos

Antonín Mrkos

Antonín Mrkos was a Czech astronomer, born in Střemchoví, Czechoslovakia.- Biography :Mrkos entered the University in Brno in 1938. His studies were interrupted by the onset of World War II, and in 1945 he became a staff member at the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory in Slovakia...

in 1984 is named after him.