Potanin
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Potanin is a Russian surname that may refer to:
- 9915 Potanin9915 Potanin9915 Potanin is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 5.05 years.Discovered on September 8, 1977 by Nikolai Chernykh, it was given the provisional designation "". It was later renamed "Potanin" after Grigorij Potanin, a Russian explorer of Siberia.- References :...
, asteroid - Grigory PotaninGrigory PotaninGrigory Nikolayaevich Potanin was a Russian explorer of Inner Asia who aligned himself with the Siberian separatist movement...
(1835–1920), Russian explorer - Vladimir PotaninVladimir PotaninVladimir Olegovich Potanin is a Russian businessman and oligarch. His partner has been for many years Mikhail Prokhorov...
(born 1961), Russian businessman