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List of Russian earth scientists

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Vasily Dokuchaev, the founder of soil science

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

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A

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B

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Chersky

C

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D

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E

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  • 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

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G

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Köppen

K

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L

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Middendorf

M

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Obruchev

O

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P

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R

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Shokalsky

S

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T

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U

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V

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Zimov

Z

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  • Sergey Zimov, geophysicist specialising in arctic and subarctic ecology, known for advocating the theory that human overhunting of large herbivores during the Pleistocene caused Siberia's grassland-steppe ecosystem to disappear, for raising awareness of the roles permafrost and thermokarst lakes play in the global carbon cycle, and for creating Pleistocene Park
  • Yevdokim Zyablovskiy, geographer

See also

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