lithub.com/the-russian-defector-who-plundered-the-amazon-for-american-drug-companies The Russian Defector Who Plundered the Amazon For American Drug Companies
Boris Krukoff, born in Russia in 1898, served with White forces during the revolution and later became a plant hunter for Merck in the Amazon. After arriving in New York in 1925 and studying forestry, he conducted economic botany expeditions in Brazil and other regions for American companies.
