Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov

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Vladimir Komarov
Владимир Комаров
Born(1869-10-13)13 October 1869
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died5 December 1945(1945-12-05) (aged 76)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
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Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (Russian: Влади́мир Лео́нтьевич Комаро́в; 13 October [O.S. 1 October] 1869 – 5 December 1945) was a Russian botanist who served as President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1936 until his death in 1945.

Komarov was senior editor of the Flora of the USSR, a comprehensive catalog of Soviet plant species (in full comprising 30 volumes published between 1934 and 1960).

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