Igor Viktorovich Smirnov was a controversial Russian scientist best known for his role in Soviet-era mind control research as well as an obscure field of human behavior study he called "psychoecology". He was a son of Soviet Minister of State Security Viktor Abakumov, who was executed for his role in Joseph Stalin's political repressions.
- Occupation
- psychologist
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Born
- April 5, 1951
- Died
- November 5, 2004
