Yury Aleksandrovich Zakharov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Захаров; 30 March 1938 – 23 July 2024) was a Soviet and Russian chemist and academic, Rector of Kemerovo State University from 1978 to 2005.
Zakharov graduated from Tomsk State University in 1960.
He was the author of numerous papers on solid-state chemistry.
[2][3][4] Zakharov was a member of Unity (now United Russia) from 2000.
In 2005 he quit the post of Rector, when he was indicted on bribery charges.