Vladimir Afanas'evich Obruchev - russkij, sovetskij pisatel', uchenyj-geograf s mirovym imenem, issledovatel' Sibiri i Srednej Azii, akademik AN SSSR. No esche V.A.Obruchev - avtor nauchno-fantasticheskih romanov, svyazannyh s ego nauchnymi zanyatiyami.
Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (Russian: Владимир Афанасьевич Обручев) was a Russian and Soviet geologist who specialized in the study of Siberia and Central Asia. He was also one of the first Russian science fiction authors.