1944 – born in Monchegorsk (Murmansk district).
1970 - graduated from the Faculty of Biology and Soil Science, Leningrad State University.
1970-1975 – senior researcher in the Laplandski nature reserve (Murmansk district)
1975-1986 – researcher in the Phenological group of the Russian Geographic Society.
Since 1986 – researcher in the Phenological group of the Botanical Museum.

Main fields of interest: phenology of Russia and neighboring countries, climate change.

Current research:
- Analysis of the long-term sequences of phenological data in relation to the climate changes.
- Phenological characteristics of the regions of Russia and neighboring countries

Selected publications:

 Fedotova V. Russian Phenologi: history and present day // Abstract International Conference “Progress in Phenology, Monitoring, Data analysis and Global Change Impacts”. Oct. 4-6, Germany, 2002. p.69
Ahas R., Aasa A., Fedotova V. Changes of Spring in Europa and large-scale atmospheric circulation. Scheifinger, Holland, 2002.
Ahas R., Menzel A., Fedotova V. Changes in European Spring phenology // International Journal of Climatology. 2002. 22:1727-1738.
Delbart N., Le Toan T., Kergoat L., Fedotova V. Remote sensing of Spring phenology in boreal region: a free of snow-effect method using NOAA-AVHRR and SPOT-VGT data (1982 – 2004). Centre d`Etudes Spateales de la Biosphere (CNRS-CNES-UPS-IRD), France, 2005.

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