Inessa Sharova

Inessa Khristianovna Sharova was a Soviet and Russian entomologist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, and a leading specialist in the morphology, ecology, and systematics of ground beetles (Carabidae). She was a key figure in the Soviet and Russian Scientific School of soil insects, a long-time professor at the Moscow Pedagogical State University, and the scientific leader of the Moscow group of carabidologists.