Yury Zakharov

Yury Aleksandrovich Zakharov (Юрий Александрович Захаров; born March 30, 1938) is a Soviet and Russian chemist and professor. Rector of Kemerovo State University from 1978 to 2005.

He graduated from Tomsk State University in 1960. Ph.D. in Chemistry, Professor.

He's an author of numerous papers on solid-state chemistry.

He has been a member of United Russia since 2000.

In 2005 he quit the post of Rector, when he was indicted on bribery charges.