# Canonical recap data for Soviet Antarctic Vostok Station Established (1957)
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slug: vostok-station-antarctica
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1957/vostok-station-antarctica"
title: Soviet Antarctic Vostok Station Established
subtitle: Vostok became the first permanent research station at the South Pole, enabling atmospheric science and climate research—a landmark scientific tech-launch overlooked by Recap.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1957-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1957
decade: 1950
country:
name: Soviet Union
slug: soviet-union
summaryShort: |-

  The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was a Soviet research institute. It was succeeded by the Russian Antarctic Expedition.
summaryLong: |-

  The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was a Soviet research institute. It was succeeded by the Russian Antarctic Expedition.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1966_CPA_3318-3320_triangle.png/1280px-1966_CPA_3318-3320_triangle.png"
heroImageCredit: Unknown author Unknown author · via Wikipedia
importance: 71
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Antarctic_Expedition"
  title: Soviet Antarctic Expedition
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: |-

  The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was a Soviet research institute. It was succeeded by the Russian Antarctic Expedition.
wikidataQid: Q1837293
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260522163820/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Antarctic_Expedition"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-22
  label: Soviet Antarctic Expedition
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Antarctic_Expedition"
