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Valeri Barsukov

Soviet geochemist (1928-1992) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 64

Valeri Leonidovich Barsukov was a Soviet geologist. He worked in comparative planetology and the geochemistry of space. He was director of the V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry from 1976 to 1992. In 1987 he received the V. I. Vernadsky Gold Medal for his work. A crater on Mars was named after him.

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Awards

USSR State Prize
Order of Lenin
Order of Friendship of Peoples
VDNKh gold medal
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Keldysh Gold Medal

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 1992 · aged 64