Aleksandr Sergeyevich Vishnevsky

Aleksandr Sergeevič Višnevskij
in Samarkand, 2007
Born(1955-08-18)18 August 1955
Sverdlovsk, Russia
Died13 June 2015(2015-06-13) (aged 59)
Alma materUral State Pedagogical University
Years active1974–2015
Known forspeleology, high mountain caves
ChildrenKsenija A. Veršinina (born 1983)
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Vishnevsky ( Russian: Александр Сергеевич Вишневский, Aleksandr Sergeevič Višnevskij, Alexander Sergeyevich Vishnevsky) (18 August 1955 13 June 2015) was a Russian speleologist, most known for his cave exploration work in the Urals and in Uzbekistan. After 2000 the latter area of his work became one of the speleology hotspots as it includes the Boybuloq, the deepest cave in Central and East Asia, and one of the deepest caves in the world.