Valeri Barsukov
Soviet geochemist
Died when: 64 years 130 days (772 months)Star Sign: Pisces

Valeri Leonidovich Barsukov (??????? ?????????? ????????) (March 14, 1928 – July 22, 1992) was a Soviet geologist. He worked in comparative planetology and the geochemistry of space. He was director of the from 1976 to 1992.
In 1987 he received the V. I. Vernadsky Gold Medal for his work. A crater on Mars was named after him.
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