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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Kanysh Satpayev (Kanysh Satbaev)
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| caption = Каныш Сатпаев
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1899|4|12}}
| birth_place = [[Semipalatinsk Oblast, Russian Empire]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1964|1|31|1899|4|12}}
| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[USSR]]
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| citizenship = [[USSR]]
| nationality = [[Kazakhs]]
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| fields = [[Geology]]
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| alma_mater = [[Tomsk Polytechnic University]]
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| known_for = First president of the [[Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences]]
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'''Kanysh Imantayuli Satbayev''' or '''Kanysh Imantaevich Satpaev''' ({{lang-kz|'''Қаныш Имантайұлы Сәтбаев'''}}; {{lang-ru|'''Каны́ш Иманта́евич Сатпа́ев'''}}) (April 11, 1899 – January 31, 1964) is one of the founders of [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[metallogeny]], principal advocate and the first president of [[Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences]].

==Biography==
Satbayev was born in what is today [[Bayanaul District]], in [[Pavlodar Region]]. Satbayev's interest in [[geology]] was sparked in childhood by [[Tomsk]] geologist [[Mikhail Usov]]. In 1921, he got admitted to [[Tomsk Polytechnic University|Tomsk Technological Institute]] (now Tomsk Polytechnic University). After completing his studies in 1926, Satbayev returned to [[Kazakhstan]] and became the first qualified Kazakh mining engineer and [[geologist]].<ref name="unesco">[http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17966&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO article about Kanysh Satbayev (retrieved on April 1, 2008)]</ref>

He died in [[Moscow]] in 1964, and is buried in [[Almaty]].

==Legacy==
Kanysh Satbayev left after himself more than 640 scientific publications. He created Institute of Geology which became the center of studies of [[Kazakhstan]] mineral resources.
[[File:Satpayev monument.jpg|thumb|Monument in Kanysh Satpayev's honor in front of [[Kazakh National Technical University]] which was named after him]]
[[File:KZ-1999-20tenge-Satbayev.png|thumb|Kazakh coin]]
Named after K. Satpayev:
* [[Satpayev (city)|Satpayev]] city in [[Karaganda Region]]
* Kanysh Satbayev Canal ([[Irtysh–Karaganda Canal]])
* Mineral [[Satpayevite]] ('''6Al (OH)3×3v (O2OH)×2v O(OH)2''')
* [[Kazakh National Technical University]]
* Numerous streets and schools in [[Kazakhstan]].
* [[Asteroid]] [[2402 Satpayev]] (1979 OR13) in [[Asteroid belt|main-belt]]<ref name="unesco"/>

== Bibliography ==
; Publications in English:
* ''Satpaev K.I.'' Program of Kazakh scientists // Moscow News. 1948. 28 Dec.
* ''Satpaev K.I.'' Gigantic strides: (Our party looks into the future) // Moscow News. 1956. 22 Feb.
* ''Satpaev K.I.'' Kazakhstan: Tremendous advances // News. 1956. № 24. P. 21.
* ''Satpaev K.I.'' Kazakh scientists contribution // Moscow News. 1959. 4 Mar. P. 6.

== About him ==
* Satpaev Kanysh Imantaevich // The International who’s who. 1963-1964. 27 ed. London: Europa publ., 1963. P. 937.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.unesco.kz/heritagenet/kz/participant/museum/satpaev_mus/rus/first.htm Kanysh Satpayev Memorial Museum]
* [http://www.unesco.kz/heritagenet/kz/participant/museum/satpaev_mus/rus/biografia.htm Biography of Kanysh Satpayev in Russian]

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{{succession box|title=President [[Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences|Kazakh Academy of Sciences]]
|before= [[Dinmukhamed Konayev]]
|after= [[Shafik Chokin]]
|years= 1955–1964}}
{{succession box|title=President [[Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences|Kazakh Academy of Sciences]]
|before= First president
|after= [[Dinmukhamed Konayev]]
|years= 1946–1952}}
{{s-end}}

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[[Category:1899 births]]
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[[Category:People from Pavlodar Region]]
[[Category:People from Semipalatinsk Oblast]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani scientists]]
[[Category:Soviet scientists]]
[[Category:Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences]]
[[Category:Tomsk Polytechnic University alumni]]

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