Yekaterina Alexandrovna Ankinovich (1911-1991) was a Soviet geologist and mineralogist, Doctor of Sciences and professor. She discovered a record number of minerals - 12. ^[1] She won the Lenin Prize and the Stalin Prize.

Ankinovich was born in Little Yalchik (now Chuvashia). ^[2]

In 1937, she graduated from Leningrad Mining Institute (now Saint Petersburg Mining University). ^[1] In 1964, she earned a Doctor of Sciences in Geology and Mineralogy. ^[1]

She worked in the geological service of Kazakhstan including in Alma-Ata and Karatau. ^[1]

Ankinovich became a professor in 1967. ^[1] She later became head of the department of "crystallography, mineralogy and petrography." ^[2]

• Stalin Prize Third Degree ( USSR State Prize) 1948 ^[1] for "geological research and development of the Nikolaevsky polymetal deposit" ^[2]
• Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Honored Scientist of the Kazakhstani SSR (1974) ^[1]
• USSR Deposit Discoverer Medal
• Lenin Prize ^[3]

She has a mineral named after her - Ankinovichit. ^{[4] [5]}

Her husband Stepan Gerasimovich Ankinovich was also a Soviet geologist. ^[6]