Yevgeny Krinov

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

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 Template:Ru icon