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KUZNETSOV, VALERII ALEKSEEVICH (Geologist) 



V. A. Kuznetsov was born April 12, 1906. After graduating 

 from the Tomsk Geological Survey Institute in 1932, he worked 

 in geological establishments of Siberia. Since 1945, he 

 has worked at the Mining and Geological Institute of the Siberian 

 branch of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. Since 1958 he has 

 been a Corresponding Member of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sci- 

 ences. The Presidium of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, in 

 1946 and in 1953, awarded Kuznetsov several prizes including 

 the V. A. Obruchev Prize. 



Kuznetsov' s main works deal with mercury deposits, metallo- 

 genesis of mercury, and also the distribution of mercury in 

 West Siberia. He is also concerned with teotectonics and mag- 

 matism of the Altai Mountains, Tuva, and Altai -Sayansk folded 

 territory in general. 

 Bibliography: 



Main questions on stratigraphy and tectonics of central and 



western Tuva. Materials on Geology and Minerals of the 



Tuva Autonomous Region., #2, Moscow: 1953. 



G. V. Pinus and I. M. Volokhov. Hyperbassets of Tuva. 



Moscow: 1955 (U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. The study of 



productive forces. West Siberian branch. Works of the 



Tuva Complex Expedition, #2. 



Main Stages of Geotectonic Development of Southern Altai - 



Sayansk Mountain Region. Works of the Mining and Geological 



Institute (U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. West Siberian 



Branch), 1952, #12. 



Geotectonic division into districts of the Altai -Sayansk folded 



region. Questions on Geology of Asia, J^, Moscow: 1954. 



