Valeri Barsukov

Valeri Leonidovich Barsukov (Russian: Валерий Леонидович Барсуков; March 14, 1928 – July 22, 1992) was a Soviet geologist.^[1] He worked in comparative planetology and the geochemistry of space. He was director of the V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry from 1976 to 1992. In 1987 he received the V. I. Vernadsky Gold Medal for his work. A crater on Mars was named after him.^[2]

Valeri Barsukov
Barsukov, c. 1986
Born	(1928-03-14)14 March 1928 Moscow, Soviet Union
Died	22 July 1992(1992-07-22) (aged 64) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Russian State Geological Prospecting University
Scientific career
Fields	Geology

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