Afrikan Nikolaevich Krishtofovich

Afrikan Nikolaevich Krishtofovich (Африкан Николаевич Криштофович) (1885 – 1953) was a Soviet paleobotanist.

He gathered extensive collections of the Mesozoic flora. In 1932 he published his book Geological review of the countries of the Far East.

A crater on Mars was named in his honor.

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Name Krishtofovich, Afrikan Nikolaevich
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Date of birth 1885
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Date of death 1953
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