Soviet scientist Alexander Nesmeyanov, President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Element-Organic Compounds of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, now the Nesmeyanov Institute of Element-Organic Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was one of the greatest 20th century organic chemists. In this photo, Alexander Nesmeyanov is conducting scientific research at a laboratory of the Institute of Element-Organic Compounds.
