Grigory Nikolayevich Potanin was a Russian botanist, ethnographer, and natural historian. He was an explorer of Inner Asia and was the first to catalogue many of the area's native plants. Potanin was also an author and a political activist who... Wikipedia
Born: October 4, 1835, Yamyshevskaya Krepost', Yamyshevo, Kazakhstan
Died: June 30, 1920 (age 84 years), Tomsk, Russia
Organization founded: Siberian regionalism
Parents: Nikolay Potanin
Awards: Constantin Medal
Place of burial: Universitetskaya Roshcha, Tomsk, Russia