Russian botanist (1872-1932).
Valery Ivanovich Taliev (Валерий Иванович Талиев; 22 February 1872 – 21 February 1932) was a Russian botanist and evolutionary biologist, best known for the concept of the role of man in the spreading of plants during the Holocene and for his evolutionary ideas. He is considered as one of the first natural scientists who explored the importance of anthropogenic factors in the evolution and geographic distribution of higher plants.