Andrey Aleksandrovich Grigoryev (1883-1968) was a Soviet and Russian geographer and geomorphologist.[1] He proposed the creation of the Department for the Industrial Geographical Study of Russia (DIGS) of the Commission for the Study of the Natural Productive Forces, which occurred in 1918.[2]

Grigoryev graduated as a zoologist from the Department of Physics and Mathematics of St. Petersburg University in 1907.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "АРАН. Фонд 1569". isaran.ru. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ↑ Oldfield, jon. "Russian geography and the Commission for the Study of the Natural Productive Forces of Russia (KEPS), 1915-1930" (PDF). york.ac.uk. University of York. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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