Konstantin Ivanovich Skryabin (; – 17 October 1972) was a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

scientist in the field of

helminthology Helminthology is the study of parasitic worms (helminths). The field studies the taxonomy of helminths and their effects on their hosts. The origin of the first compound of the word is the Greek '' ἕλμινς'' - helmins, meaning "worm". In ...

academician An academician is a full member of an artistic, literary, engineering, or scientific academy. In many countries, it is an honorific title used to denote a full member of an academy that has a strong influence on national scientific life. Accor ...

of the

Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991. It united the country's leading scientists and was subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (un ...

(1939),Russian Academy of Sciences
(in Russian) and academician of

USSR Academy of Medical Sciences The USSR Academy of Medical Sciences () was the highest scientific and medical organization founded in the Soviet Union founded in 1944. Its successor is the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences founded in 1992, and is a part of the Russian Academy ...

. He was a founder of the helminthology school, and an author of landmark books on helminths in Soviet Union.

Life

Konstantin Skryabin was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

. In 1905 he graduated from Dorpat (Tartu) Veterinary Institute. From 1905 to 1911 Skryabin worked as a veterinary physician in

Aulie-Ata Taraz ( ; also historically known as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. It had a population of 330,100 a ...

and

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. In 1912 to 1914 he was sent on assignment mission to

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, and

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. From 1915 to 1917, Skryabin worked as a researcher in the Central Veterinary Laboratory of Saint Petersburg. In 1917 he became a professor of the Parasitology Department of Don Veterinary Institute in

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. He was a Head of the Department of the Moscow Veterinary Institute (1920-1925) and (1933-1941), and at the same time Head of Helminthology Division of the Central Tropical Institute (1921-1941).

Eponymous taxa

About 40

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

were named after Skryabin: * Skrjabinella *Skrjabinodentus *Skrjabinocercella *Skrjabinoeces *Skrjabinostrongylus *Skrjabinobilharzia *Skrjabinobronema *Skrjabinocapillaria *Skrjabinocara *Skrjabinocerca *Skrjabinocercella *Skrjabinocerina *Skrjabinochona *Skrjabinochora *Skrjabinocladorchis *Skrjabinoclava *Skrjabinocoelum *Skrjabinocta *Skrjabinodendrium *Skrjabinodera *Skrjabinodon *Skrjabinoeces *Skrjabinofilaria *Skrjabinolecithum *Skrjabinomermis *Skrjabinomerus *Skrjabinonchus *Skrjabinoparaksis *Skrjabinophora *Skrjabinophyetus *Skrjabinoplagiorchis *Skrjabinoporus *Skrjabinopsolus *Skrjabinoptera *Skrjabinorhynchus *Skrjabinosomum *Skrjabinotaenia *Skrjabinotaurus *Skrjabinotrema *Skrjabinovermis *Skrjabinozoum

Awards and honors

* Honored Science Worker of the RSFSR (1927) * Six

Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...

(1936, 1949, 1953, 1953, 1958, 1968) * Two Stalin Prizes, 1st class (1941, 1950) * Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1945, 1945, 1951) *

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 1930 but its statute was only defined in decree of the Presidium of the ...

(1946) *

Lenin Prize The Lenin Prize (, ) was one of the most prestigious awards of the Soviet Union for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology. It was originally created on June 23, 1925, and awarded until 1934. During ...

(1957) *

Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour () was an Title of honor, honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It represented the highest degree of distinction in the USSR and was awarded for exceptional achievem ...

(1958) *

Order of Georgi Dimitrov The Order of Georgi Dimitrov (or Order of Georgy Dimitrov, ) was the highest award of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. It was instituted on 17 June 1950 and awarded to Bulgarians and foreigners for outstanding services to the defence and freedom ...

References

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