List of Russian earth scientists
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This list of Russian Earth scientists includes the notable geographers, geologists, oceanographers, meteorologists, ecologists and other representatives of Earth sciences from the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire and other predecessor states of Russia.
Alphabetical list
A
Vladimir Abazarov, geologist, discoverer of Samotlor oil field, the largest Russian oil field
Maukhida Abdulkabirova, geologist and metallurgist
Dmitry Anuchin, anthropologist and geographer, coined the term "anthroposphere", determined the location of the Volga river source
Andrey Arkhangelsky, geologist
B
Karl Baer, naturalist, formulated the geological Baer's law on river erosion, co-founder of the Russian Geographical Society
Valeri Barsukov, geologist
Vladimir Belousov, geologist
Lev Berg, determined the depth of Central Asian lakes, including Balkhash Lake and Issyk Kul, a head of the Soviet Geographical Society
Yuri Bilibin, geologist, studied placer geology and organized expeditions that discovered gold deposits in Eastern Siberia
Mariya Borodayevskaya, geologist
Leonid Brekhovskikh, founder of modern acoustical oceanography, discovered the deep sound channel, the first to observe mesoscale ocean eddies
C
Feodosy Chernyshov, geologist
Ivan Chersky, paleontologist, geologist and explorer of Siberia, explained the origin of Lake Baikal, pioneered the geomorphological evolution theory
Pyotr Chikhachyov, early geographer and geologist of Central Asia, discovered Kuznetsk Coal Basin
D
Vasily Dokuchaev, founder of soil science, created the first soil classification, determined the five factors for soil formation
E
Raul–Yuri Ervier, geologist, organizer and head of wide-ranging geological explorations that discovered of the largest oil and gas fields in Western Siberia
F
Alexander Fersman, a founder of geochemistry, discovered copper in Monchegorsk, apatites in Khibiny, sulfur in Central Asia
G
Grigory Gamburtsev, Soviet seismologist, invented a number of seismological methods and devices
Boris Golitsyn, inventor of electromagnetic seismograph, the president of International Association of Seismology
Innokenti Gerasimov, geographer and soil scientist.
Maria Glazovskaya, soil scientist and agrochemist.
Konstantin Glinka, influential Russian soil scientist.
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