Konstantin Pokrovsky

Russian astronomer (1868-1944).

Born May 23rd, 1868 in Nizhny Novgorod.

Died November 5th, 1944 at 76 years old in Kyiv.

Occupations
astronomer

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel