Kaplun Rodion Pavlovich

(11.VII.1904, Dorogobuzh - 12.I.1975, Moscow)
After graduating from the Moscow Mining Academy (1926) worked in the Krivoy Rog basin. In 1935-1959 he. taught at the Moscow Mining Institute, where he organized the department for underground mining of ore deposits. Classification and method of selection systems development of the ore deposits. Proposed a scheme for mechanized excavation shallow ore deposits using drilling and transport units. Sound technical feasibility of the thermal drilling in the mining industry.

Lit.: Mountain Encyclopedia. - T. 2. - M., 1985. - P. 549.