Vera Aleksandrovna Varsanofieva (Russian: Вера Александровна Варсанофьева; 22 July 1890, Moscow — 29 June 1976) was a Soviet geologist, geomorphologist, a member-correspondent of the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, and an honored scientist of the RSFSR.

[1] Born in Moscow to a military family, she received her initial education at home under the guidance of her mother, the French,[2] Yulia Lvovna, who taught her foreign languages and aroused her interest in scientific pursuits.

[2] To supplement her education in mathematics and history, she began to attend the 8th grade at the V. P. Cimicky private gymnasium.

A. Chernov organized the first excursion to the Northern Urals for students, and thus V. A. Varsanofieva first came to the area, which later became the site of her many years of geological research.

In 1935, for the totality of the works of V. A. Varsanofieva that were published by that time, she was the first woman to receive the degree of Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences without defending a thesis.

Since 1954, living in Moscow, she worked as a senior researcher and head of laboratory (1961-1964) in the Institute of Geology, Komi branch of the USSR.

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