Aleksandr Iosifovich Popov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1913
Place of Birth: Livonia Governorate
Date of Death: 23-Apr-1993
Profession: scientist
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Aleksandr Iosifovich Popov
- Aleksandr Iosifovich Popov (Russian: ????????? ????????? ?????; 7 June 1913 in Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 23 April 1993 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet permafrost researcher at the Moscow State University.
- He served as head of the Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology.
- Popov was a member of the International Commission on Periglacial Morphology of the International Geographical Union.
- He organized and led numerous expeditions to investigate permafrost and deep seasonal freezing in the Soviet Union.
- Popov edited the geocryological map of the Soviet Union that was published in 1986.
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