Pavel Alexandrovich Baranov. A life for science and the motherland
https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2022-2-o3
Abstract
The year 2022 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth and the 60th anniversary of the death of one of the most remarkable directors of a large number of botanical scientific institutions, Pavel Aleksandrovich Baranov. His life was devoted to the creation and development of the Central Asian State University (SAGU), the Botanical Institute of SAGU, the Pamir Biological Station and the Pamir Botanical Garden in Khorog, the Main Botanical Garden of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the Central Asian Branch of the All-Union Institute of Plant Industry, etc. He has been a passionate fighter against Lysenkoism and propagandized advances in genetics.
Keywords
P.A. Baranov,
Central Asian State University,
Main Botanical Garden of the USSR Academy of Sciences,
Komarov Botanical Institute,
N.I. Vavilov,
Lysenkoism,
genetics
Supporting agencies: The work was performed within the framework of the implementation of the State Assignment according to the R&D Plan of the V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (topic No. АААА-А19-119031290052-1 «Vascular plants of Eurasia: taxonomy, flora, and plant resources»).
About the Authors
V. I. Dorofeyev
Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir I. Dorofeyev, Professor, Dr. (Biol. Sci.), 2, Professora Popova Str., St. Petersburg 197022
L. I. Krupkina
Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Liudmila I. Krupkina, PhD (Biol. Sci.), 2, Professora Popova Str., St. Petersburg 197022
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Dorofeyev V.I., Krupkina L.I. Pavel Alexandrovich Baranov. A life for science and the motherland. Vavilovia. 2022;5(2):45-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2022-2-o3
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