| Nikolai Barabashov | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Birth Name: | Nikolai Pavlovich Barabashov |
| Birth Place: | Kharkov, Russian Empire (now Kharkiv, Ukraine) |
| Death Place: | Kharkiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Citizenship: | Russian Empire, Soviet Union |
| Fields: | Astronomy |
| Workplaces: | Kharkiv Observatory, Kharkiv University |
| Alma Mater: | Kharkiv University |
Nikolai Pavlovich Barabashov (Russian: Николай Павлович Барабашов; Ukrainian: Микола Павлович Барабашов|Mykola Pavlovych Barabashov; March 30, 1894 - April 29, 1971) was a Soviet astronomer.
Barabashov was born in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kharkiv, Ukraine). He graduated from Kharkiv University in 1919; served as Director, Kharkiv Observatory, 1930; Professor, Kharkiv University, 1934; Rector, Kharkiv University, 1943-1946. He became a member of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences in 1948.
He was a co-author of the ground breaking publication of the first pictures of the far side of the Moon in 1961, called Atlas of the Other Side of the Moon. Barabashov, crater on Mars, was named in his honor in 1973.[1] 2883 Barabashov, a minor planet discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh, is named after him.[2]