Russian geologist and president of the russian academy of sciences (1847-1936).
Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (Russian: Александр Петрович Карпинский, trl. Aljeksandr Pjetrovič Karpinskij; 7 January 1847 [O.S. 26 December 1846] – 15 July 1936) was a prominent Russian and Soviet geologist and mineralogist, and the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and later Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in 1917–1936.
Abbreviations: Karpinsky
Occupations: professor, mining engineer, geologist, paleontologist, botanist
Citizenships: Soviet Union, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian Republic, Russian Empire
Languages: Russian
Dates: 1846-12-26T00:00:00Z – 1936-07-15T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Krasnoturyinsk
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