Yevgeny Leonidovich Krinov (Russian:Евгений Леонидович Кринов) (3 March 1906 – 2 January 1984),D.G.S., was aSoviet Russianastronomer andgeologist, born inOtyassy (Russian:Отъяссы) village in theMorshansky District of theTambov Governorate of theRussian Empire. Krinov was a renownedmeteorite researcher; the mineralKrinovite, discovered in 1966, was named after him.
From 1926 through 1930 Yevgeny Krinov worked in the meteor division of the Mineralogy Museum of theSoviet Academy of Sciences. During this period he conducted research into theTunguska event under the supervision ofLeonid Kulik. Krinov took part in the longest expedition to the Tunguska site in the years 1929–1930 as an astronomer. The data that was gathered during this expedition became the basis for his 1949 monograph (in Russian) calledThe Tunguska Meteorite.
In 1975, Yevgeny Krinov ordered the burning of 1500 negatives from a 1938 expedition byLeonid Kulik to theTunguska event as part of an effort to dispose of hazardousnitrate film. Positive imprints were preserved for further studies in the Russian city ofTomsk.[1]
Aminor planet,2887 Krinov, discovered in 1977 bySoviet astronomerNikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, is named after him.[2]
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