GEOLOGIST

Vladimir Obruchev

1863 - 1956

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Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (Russian: Влади́мир Афана́сьевич О́бручев; October 10 [O.S. September 28] 1863 – June 19, 1956) was a Russian and Soviet geologist who specialized in the study of Siberia and Central Asia. He was also one of the first Russian science fiction authors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Obruchev is the 29th most popular geologist (down from 26th in 2019), the 1,039th most popular biography from Russia (down from 999th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Vladimir Obruchev ranks 29 out of 90. Before him are Ignacy Domeyko, Giuseppe Mercalli, William Buckland, Norman L. Bowen, John Tuzo Wilson, and Alexander von Keyserling. After him are Arthur Holmes, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Harry Hammond Hess, Alexander Karpinsky, Albert Heim, and Maria Klenova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Vladimir Obruchev ranks 80. Before him are Olha Kobylianska, Pierina Legnani, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, Richard Dehmel, Francisco León de la Barra, and Klara Zamenhof. After him are Hans Aanrud, Scipione Riva-Rocci, Princess Isabella of Bavaria, Augusto B. Leguía, Ioannis Frangoudis, and Francis Younghusband. Among people deceased in 1956, Vladimir Obruchev ranks 111. Before him are Eduardo Lonardi, Jean Hersholt, Henri Callot, Samad Vurgun, Louis Rosier, and Meghnad Saha. After him are Jacques Moeschal, Walther Kossel, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Mikhail Tereshchenko, Zoltán Halmay, and Leo Baeck.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Obruchev ranks 1,039 out of 3,761. Before him are Igor Kirillov (1932), Sergei Salnikov (1925), Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky (1796), Grigory Shelikhov (1747), Alexander Tormasov (1752), and Vladimir Demikhov (1916). After him are Sviatoslav III of Vladimir (1196), Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1697), Friedrich von Lütke (1797), Pavel Pestel (1793), Yuri Bezmenov (1939), and Vasily Rozanov (1856).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Russia

Among geologists born in Russia, Vladimir Obruchev ranks 2. Before him are Vasily Dokuchaev (1846). After him are Alexander Karpinsky (1846), Maria Klenova (1898), Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (1861), and Andrey Arkhangelsky (1879).

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