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Nikolai Vavilov

Died on January 26, 1943

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Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов, IPA:; 25 November 1887 – 26 January 1943) was a Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist who identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants. His research focused on improvement of wheat, maize and other cereal crops.

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