Alexander_Yanshin

Alexander Yanshin

Alexander Yanshin

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Alexander Leonidovich Yanshin (Russian: Александр Леонидович Яншин; 1911, Smolensk - 1999, Moscow) was a Soviet Russian geologist, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1958). From 1982 to 1988, Yanshin served as vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.[1] From 1967, Yanshin served as president of the Moscow Society of Naturalists.

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His father was a lawyer.[2] He studied at the Moscow State University.[2]

He received the Candidate's degree from the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1937.[2] In 1952, he defended his doctoral dissertation.[2] He was elected a Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1958.[1]

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    "Яншин А.Л. - Общая информация". www.ras.ru. Retrieved 2018-05-31. Russian Academy of Sciences official site (in Russian)
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    С, Чесноков В.; Александрович, Агаджанян Николай (July 14, 2011). "Академик александр Леонидович Яншин к 100-летию со дня рождения". Экология человека (9): 52–55 – via cyberleninka.ru.
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