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Modest Mikhaĭlovich Iljin
Modest Mikhailovich Ilyin or Iljin (Модест Михайлович Ильин; 17 October 1889, Góra Kalwaria - 9 May 1967, Leningrad) was a Russian botanist. He was keeper of the Herbarium of the Leningrad State University (now the Herbarium of the Komarov Botanical Institute) for many decades. Ilyin was raised in Krasnoyarsk. Influenced by Arkady Tugarinov (the director of the Krasnoyarsk Museum) he developed an interest in natural sciences, particularly botany. In 1909, he enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine at Tomsk University. There, he attended botanical lectures by Vasily Sapozhnikov (the university's dean). In 1912, Ilyin moved to Saint Petersburg, deciding to continue his studies at Saint Petersburg University. He also worked as an assistant to Boris Fedtchenko and Vladimir L. Komarov at the university herbarium. In 1916, he graduated from Saint Petersburg University and became a curator at the herbarium. Ilyin taught botany at Leningrad University for decades and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Góra Kalwaria
Góra Kalwaria (; "Calvary Mountain", , ''Ger'') is a town on the Vistula River in the Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is situated approximately southeast of Warsaw and has a population of around 12,109 (as of 2019). The town has strong religious significance for both Catholic Christians and Hasidic Jews of the Ger dynasty. History The village of Góra already existed in the 13th century. It was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Czersk County in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. Completely destroyed during a Swedish occupation known as the Deluge, in 1666, it became the property of Stefan Wierzbowski, Bishop of Poznań, who decided to found a new town on the ruins. His plan was to build a calvary — a religious center dedicated to passion plays and services, which was popular in the early modern Poland. He was encouraged by the fact that the local landscape resembled that o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Fedtchenko
Boris Alexeevich Fedtschenko (27 December 1872 – 29 September 1947) was a Russian plant pathologist and botanist. He is primarily known for his work on various regions of Russia, especially the Caucasus, Siberia and Asiatic Russia. He was also head botanist at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden. Biography Boris Fedtschenko was the son of botanists Olga Fedtschenko and Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko. He was born in Leipzig, while his parents were on an expedition in Western Europe.VL Komarov Комаров В. Л., Ольга Александровна Федченко. Некролог bituary for Olga Alexandrovna Fedchenko// Изв. Росс. акад. наук, 6 серия. 1921 Т. 15 pages1-18 In 1873, eight months after he was born, Alexei was killed in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc. Olga studied natural sciences at the University of Moscow. Between 1891 and 1892, she undertook the first of many trips with her son, going first to the Ural Mountains. In the summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
