Whos's Who in Mineral Names

摘要

Vadim Kazansky inherited his family name from his grandfather, Ivan Vasilievich Kazansky, who was prior of the Orthodox Cathedral in Ustyuzhna, a small town in northeastern Novgorod Province. Three sons of Ivan Vasilievich Kazansky left Ustyuzhna to be educated at university. Vadim's father, Ivan Ivanovich, became a biologist and did significant research, rising to a professor of biological sciences. In 1924 in Kiev, Ivan Ivanovich Kazansky married Maria Feodosievna Krupskaya, a daughter of the prior of the Orthodox Cathedral in Ukraine. Before long, they left for Central Asia, where Ivan Ivanovich Kazansky was a veterinarian with the army (cavalry) of Gen. Vasiliy Budenyi. Vadim was born on 27 May 1926 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The family later returned to Kiev and in 1929 moved to Kuzminky, a small suburb of Moscow that has since been absorbed by the city. In Kuzminky, Vadim grew up, went to school, and dreamed of becoming an architect. However, in 1944, Vadim entered the Moscow Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals and Gold. He graduated with a diploma as a mining geologist and continued postgraduate work in mineral resources from 1949 to 1953.