Grigory Potanin, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Grigory Potanin

Russian explorer and orientalist

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1835

Date of Death: 30-Jun-1920

Profession: naturalist, writer, geographer, journalist, botanist, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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Grigorij Potanin) (Russian: ???????? ?????????? ???????; 4 October 1835 – 6 June 1920) was a Russian ethnographer and natural historian.
He was a Victorian-era explorer of Inner Asia, and was the first to catalogue many of the area's native plants.
On home soil, Potanin was an author and a political activist who aligned himself with the Siberian separatist movement.