Help to decipher Russian names written in Chinese characters I am researching Chinese plant scientists in the 1950s. A friend sent a text translated from Mandarin with names of two Russian scientists transliterated from the Mandarin characters for me.  Neither he, nor I can guess what the original Russian names would be.
The Russian names were given as the characters:
Kuo Fei Er Ge
and
Rein Fei Er Ge
Grateful for anyone who could hazard a guess at the Russian names.
The scientists visited China in 1952 to advise on a citrus disease, but I cannot find publications or conference attendee lists from that period.
the link provided in the 3rd comment has two russian name mentioned:
“華西列夫”, which would be “vasilev”, “vasilyev”, “vasiliev” or “vassiliev”
another one is “闊菲爾格”
the place they visited was “黃岩”, the trees was “citrus”
https://baike.sogou.com/v141878.htm
http://www.05760576.com/2006/11/23/133442357.html
one more russian expert’s name: “柯魯索夫”
have fun :)