Nikolay Vasilyevich Belov (Russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Бело́в; December 14, 1891 – March 6, 1982) was a Soviet and Russian crystallographer, geochemist, academician (1953), and Hero of Socialist Labour (1969).

[1][2] Belov worked primarily in the fields of mineralogy (particularly silicates), determination of crystal structures using X-ray crystallography, and the theory of symmetry, specifically dichromatic, and polychromatic symmetry, a field which Belov founded.

[3] Belov’s career has been summarised in a number of jubilees and obituaries.

[4][5][6][7][8][9] Belov was the author or co-author over 1400 academic works.

[7] Books: Belov’s scientific work on symmetry has been placed into historical context by V.A.