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Leonid Kulik
(19 Aug 1883 - 24 Apr 1942)

Russian mineralogist who conducted the first scientific expedition (for which records survive) to study the Tungusta meteor impact site.


Science Quotes by Leonid Kulik (1)

The results of even a cursory examination exceeded all the tales of eyewitnesses and my wildest expectations.
Writing his recollection of his first sight of the Tunguska destruction.
— Leonid Kulik
Quoted in Alan E. Rubin, Disturbing the Solar System (2002), 186
See also:  |  Meteor (2)


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