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Nikolay Florea (Floria) (October 19, 1912,Odessa – October 1941,Vyazma) was a Soviet astronomer of mixed Romanian and Russian origin.
Florea was born inOdessa in the village ofMoldovanca, where many people of Romanian origin have lived since the Middle Ages. His father was a teacher of Latin language. The young Nikolay (Nicolae) was interested in astronomy and begun amateur observations ofvariable stars at the popular astronomical observatory in that city. After the finish of the school and astronomical department of the University He was employed as astronomer inTashkent (Uzbekistan), while subsequently He was transferred to theShternberg Astronomical Institute of theMoscow State University. He was a scientific secretary of the "Astronomicheskii Zhurnal".
Prior the beginning of the War (22 June 1941) he finished the 1-st part of his doctoral work. After the beginning of the War he was a volunteer and participated in the battles near the town ofVyazma 200 km southwest from Moscow. He died in October 1941. Nikolay Florea (Floria) is the father of Russian historian and Slavist, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences,Boris Florea (Floria).