Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (Russian: Александр Петрович Карпинский, trl. Aljeksandr Pjetrovič Karpinskij; 7 January 1847 (NS) – 15 July 1936) was a prominent Russian and Soviet geologist and mineralogist, and the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and later Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in 1917–1936.
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7 January 1847 Turyinskiye Rudniki, Perm Governorate
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Died |
15 July 1936 (aged 89) Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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