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Mikhail Marov
Department Chief, M. V. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics
Mikhail Marov is a Department Chief at the M. V. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow, a Professor of Planetary Physics at Moscow State University, and was one of the leading figures in the exploration of Venus with the Venera series of interplanetary spacecraft.