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Kirill Florensky

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Name
  
Kirill Florensky

Role
  
Pavel Florensky's son


Died
  
April 9, 1982

Parents
  
Pavel Florensky

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Grandparents
  
Olga Saparova, Aleksandr Florensky

Kirill Pavlovich Florensky (Russian: Кири́лл Па́влович Флоре́нский; 27 December 1915 – 9 April 1982) was a Russian Soviet geochemist and planetologist. He was head of comparative planetology at the Vernadsky Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

He was the second son of the Russian polymath, Pavel Florensky.

The crater Florensky on the Moon is named after him.

References

Kirill Florensky Wikipedia