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Andromeda A space-age tale Yvan Efremov

Andromeda A space-age tale Yvan Efremov Ivan Yefremov From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the Uzbekistani weightlifter, see Ivan Efremov (weightlifter) . This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs ; the patronymic is Antonovich and the family name is Yefremov. Ivan Antonovich Yefremov Born 22 April 1908 Vyritsa , Saint Petersburg Governorate , Russian Empire Died 5 October 1972 (aged 64) Leningrad , RSFSR , USSR Occupation paleontologist, writer Language Russian Alma mater Leningrad Mining Institute Genre Science fiction , historical novel Ivan Antonovich (real patronymic Antipovich ) Yefremov ( Russian : Ива́н Анто́нович (Анти́пович) Ефре́мов ; April 22, 1908 – October 5, 1972; last name sometimes spelled Efremov ) was a Soviet paleontologist , science fiction author and social thinker. He is the originator of the concept of taphonomy , the study of fossilization patterns. Biography He was born in the village of Vyritsa in Saint Petersburg Governorate on April 9 (22), 1908. His parents divorced during the Russian Revolution . His mother married a Red Army commander and left the children in Kherson to be cared for by an aunt who soon died of typhus . Yefremov survived on hi

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