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the editorial council of Ugletekhizdat (State Scientific and Tech- 

 nical Publishing House of Literature on the Coal Industry). 



He has frequently served as president of juries for AU- 

 Union contests involving the best design project of mining sys- 

 tems adapted to various conditions of complex mechanized 

 equipment used on mine surfaces. He also constantly takes 

 part in the examination and evaluation of projects submitted in 

 competition for Lenin prizes, acting in the capacity of presi- 

 dent of the mining and metallurgical section, and as a member 

 of the Committee. 



In 1939, he was elected an Academician of the U.S.S.R. Aca- 

 demy of Sciences, appointed Deputy Director of the Ural affili- 

 ate of it, and Director of the Mining and Geological Institute of 

 the affiliate. In 1941, he was elected a member of the Bureau 

 of the Section of Geological and Geographic Sciences, and 

 served in this capacity until 1945. In 1942, he was awarded a 

 Stalin Prize for participation in a study entitled "On the De- 

 velopment of the National Economy of the Urals Under Wartime 

 Conditions," and, in 1943, together with workers in the coal 

 industry, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor 

 for fulfilling government assignments calling for increased coal 

 production under wartime conditions. He received a badge 

 honoring him as an "Outstanding Worker" in socialist compe- 

 tition sponsored by the Peoples' Commissariat of the Coal 

 Industry. In 1945, Shevyakov was awarded a second order of 

 the Red Banner of Labor; in 1948, he was awarded the Order of 

 Lenin and medals "For the Restoration of the Donbas" and "In 

 Commemoration of Moscow's 800th Anniversary." In June 

 1956, he was awarded the title of honorary member of the Min- 

 ing Society and in 1957, he received the badge, "Coal Miner's 

 Glory," first degree as a reward for his activities aimed at the 

 development of mining science and technology. 



Shevyakov was awarded several prizes by the Presidium of 

 the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences for his studies entitled, 

 "Search for New Highly Productive Methods for Underground 

 Mining of Rich Deposits of Hard Ores" (1956), and "Scientific 

 Foundations of New Technical Equipment Used to Promote the 

 Further Development of the Production of Coal, Ores and Other 

 Minerals by the Open Pit Method" (1957). 



The work of Shevyakov is concerned with problems of mine 

 production and design, coal and ore mining for high production 

 and efficiency, various problems presented by local mining 

 situations, such as the Kursk magnetic anomaly. 



