YEVGENY KRINOV

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Yevgeny Leonidovich Krinov (Russian: Евгений Леонидович Кринов, March 3, 1906, Otyassakh, Tambov region – January 2, 1984), D.G.S., was a Russian astronomer and geologist. Krinov was a renowned meteorite researcher, the mineral Krinovite, discovered in 1966 was named after him.

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Scientific work
Science awards
Selected bibliography
External links

Scientific work


1926 through 1930 Yevgeny Krinov has been working in a meteor division of the Minerology Museum of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. In this period of time he has been conducting research of the Tunguska event under the supervision of Leonid Kulik. Krinov took part in the longest expedition to the Tunguska site in the years 1929-1930 as an astronomer. The data that has been gathered during this expedition has become a base for his monograph called ''The Tungus Meteorite'', 1949.

Science awards



1961 - Doctor honoris causa awarded by Soviet Academy of Sciences

1971 - Leonard Medal

Selected bibliography



1947 ''Spectral Reflective Capacity of Natural Formations''

1949 ''The Tungus Meteorite''

1952 ''Fundamentals of Meteoritics

1959 ''Sikhote-Alin Iron Meteor Rainshower'', Vol. I

1963 ''Sikhote-Alin Iron Meteor Rainshower'', Vol. II

1966 ''Giant Meteorites

External links



A list of people from Tambov, Russia, briefly mentioning Yevgeny Krinov

A short biography of Yevgeny Krinov

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