Russian botanist (1891-1963).
Yevgeny (Yevgeni, Evgenii, Eugeny) Petrovich Korovin (Евгений Петрович Коровин; 13 (25) February 1891, Moscow – 1 December 1963, Moscow) was a prominent Soviet botanist known for his extensive contributions to the study of Central Asian flora and vegetation. The plant species named after Korovin may be identified by the Latin epithet korovinii (or korowinii). Korovin graduated from Moscow University in 1917 and began his career in Tashkent in 1920, where he helped establish Turkestan University. In 1932, he became a professor at the university, heading the department of higher plants and pla