Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky was a prominent Russian and Soviet geologist and mineralogist, and the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and later Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in 1917–1936.
- Occupation
- paleontologist, geologist, professor, mining engineer
- Position held
- president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, president of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union
- Born
- December 26, 1846
- Died
