Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Korovin (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Коро́вин; – 23 November 1964) was a

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specializing in

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. He was a prominent early scholar of

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and is "considered the founder of the Russian science of space law, in whose origin he played a singular role." Korovin held several academic and legal positions at

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, the

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, and the

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Biography

Korovin graduated from the Moscow State University Faculty of Law in 1915. In his early career, Korovin lectured in numerous universities and institutes of higher learning in Moscow, including the Diplomatic Academy. In 1923 he became a Professor of Law at Moscow State University. At this time, Prof. Korovin was also an assistant of the Institute of Soviet Law, the forerunner of the Institute of State and Law of the

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. In 1935, he became a Member of American Academy of Political Science. In 1938, he defended doctor thesis

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(

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) in law. He worked in the military legal academy of the

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, and had a short stint working for the United Nations Preparatory Commission between 1945 and 1946. He became a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1946, and a Member of Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague in 1957.

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*«Международное право переходного времени», М., 1924 г. (International Law of the Transition Period) *

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