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1883–1942

Leonid Kulik

The mineralogist who led early scientific expeditions to document the Tunguska forest-fall pattern.

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Expedition leader and mineralogist

The Tunguska Event

A brilliant fireball and immense atmospheric explosion occurred over a remote part of central Siberia. The blast flattened trees across a vast area but left no obvious impact crater. The leading scientific …

30 June 1908 · Forest near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River