Педагогические науки / 2.Проблемы подготовки специалистов.

ст. викл. Балалаєва О.Ю.,

студ. ф-ту захисту рослин Ханачівська Т.О.

Національний університет біоресурсів і природокористування України, Київ

Famous Ukrainian botanists

Georhiy Vysotskiy (1865–1940) is Ukrainian geobotanist, arboriculturist, geographer, pedologist, academician of Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He was born in Mykytyvtsi village (now Sumy region). He graduated from Petrovs’ka Agricultural Academy in 1890. Vysotskiy was Pedology Department chief in Tavriyskiy University and then Arboriculture Department chief in Kharkiv agricultural and arboricultural institute. He investigated the impact of vegetation and forest in particular, on the local water consumption schedule, and he was the first who described the water balance under the forest and field. He paid a lot of attention to the forest variety’s selection for steppe afforestation and afforestation taxonomy. His researches had laid the foundations ground for hydrology in dry zones. Also he developed studying about the types of water consumption schedule of soils.

Dmytro Zerov (1895–1971) is Ukrainian botanist-bryologist, phylogenist, academician of Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, PhD in Biology, professor, State premium of Ukrainian Soviet Republic laureate. He was born in Zinkovo village (now Poltava region). He graduated from Kiev University (1922). He had worked in Academy of Sciences of Ukraine from 1921, and then he worked in the Institute of Botany in 1931–1971. D. Zerov was Inferior Plant Department chief in Kiev University named after T. Shevchenko. He started his scientific activity under the supervision of O. Fomin. He investigated the flora of sphagnum and liverwort. Therefore, he published «The determinant of sphagnum in Ukraine» (1935), «The determinant of liverwort in Ukraine», «The flora of sphagnum and liverwort in Ukraine» (1964), «The Bioflora of Ukrainian Carpathians» (1971). The most valuable is his monograph «The phylogenesis sketches of avascular plants» (1972), which became one of the most prominent modern works in phylogenesis. It was highly appreciated by world’s botanical science and translated in several foreign languages.

Mykhaylo Klokov (1896–1981) is famous Ukrainian botanist-taxonomist and florist, professor, PHD in Biology. He was born in Lebydyn (Sumy region). He graduated from Kharkiv University in 1921 and worked there. Then the scientist was working at Kzyl-Orda University in 1941–1944. After that he worked in the Institute of Botany at the Academy of Sciences in Ukraine. His scientific activity was dealt with theoretical and procedural botany issues development, critical semantic processing of plant groups in Ukraine and USSR. He developed the theory of geographical plants races as elementary major natural units of flora. He described more than 380 new kinds of flower plants. M. Klokov was one of the authors and editor-in-chief of 5-th and 7-th volumes of 12 volume edition of «Flora of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialistic Republic». In 1950 «The Determinant of Ukraine’s plants» was published edited by M. Klokov. His works «Main stages of flora historical development» (1956) and «Main stages flat flora of the European part of the USSR development» (1963) are of great theoretical value.

Volodymyr Lypsky (1863–1937) is Ukrainian botanist, florist and plants taxonomist, corresponding member of Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Vice president and President of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. He was born in Samobrilakh village (Rivne district, Volyn). He had graduated from Kiev University and started working as a teacher’s assistant at the Department of plants morphology and taxonomy. He investigated flora and vegetation in Kiev region, Podillya, Bessarabia, Caucasia, Central Asia. He published a number of fundamental works in particular «Bessarabian Flora investigation» (1889), «Caucasian Flora» (1899), «Central Asian Flora» (1903) etc. Lypsky wasn’t only a great scientist but also a good botanical gardens constructer and expert in herborizing.

Oxner Alfred (1898–1973) is famous Ukrainian botanist-lichenologist, corresponding Member of Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian school of lichenology founder. He was born in Yelysavedgrad. He graduated from Kiev National Institute (1924). He had worked at Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1922 and was heading the Department of lichenology in the Institute of Botany from 1968-1970, at the same time he was occupying the position of director in that institute. During the study the lichens of Ukraine, Ural, Altai, Western Siberia, Transbaikalia, Caucasia, the Primorsky district, Central Asia he collected great herbarium and initiated floristic, methodical, phylogenetic investigations in the sphere of lichenology. He wrote «The Determinant of Lichens in USSR» (1937), «The Flora of Ukraine’s Lichens» (v. 1 – 1956; v. 2 – fascicle 1-1968).

Petro Pogrebniak (1900–1976) is Ukrainian arboriculturist, ecologist, pedologist, academician, Vice president of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. He was born in Volokhovy Yar (now Kharkiv region). He graduated from Kharkiv Agricultural Institute (1924). He had been working as an Arboriculture and Pedology Department chief in Kyiv forestry institute (1933–1941), and then he was working as a Director of Forest Institute at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1945–1956). He was interested in arboriculture, physiology and ecology of arboreal plants, pedology and forestry hydrology. His studies which deal with types of forest vegetative conditions, especially the method of edaphic net was wildly used for comparative investigations of forest phytocenosis. He is the author of many scientific articles and manuals. His fundamental works «The Fundamentals of forestry typology» (1955) and «General Forestry» (1968) were republished many times and well known around the world.

Panas Rogovych (1812–1878) is famous Ukrainian botanist-florist, plants taxonomist and paleontologist. He was born in village Rogivlia (Starodubsky district, Chernigiv region). He graduated from Kyiv University in 1938. He was working at the Botany department of Kyiv University (as a professor since 1853), and simultaneously he headed University botanical garden. Petro Rogovych investigated the flora of Poltava, Chernigiv, Kyiv, Volyn’ regions and described a number of new plants species and collected a big herbarium. The results of those investigations were described in his scientific work «The survey of vascular and semivascular plants of Poltava, Chernigiv, Kyiv regions flora».

Oleksandr Fomin (1863–1935) is famous botanist-florist and plant taxonomist, academician of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. He was born in village Yermolayevka in Saratov region. He graduated from Moscow University in 1893 and then was working at the Yuriev University (1896–1901), and then at Tyflisky botanical garden (1901–1914), professor of Kyiv University (1914–1930). Since 1921 he had worked as a director of Kyiv botanical garden, which was named after him. Since 1922 he had headed Botany department and since 1931 – Botany Institute of Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He investigated the flora of Caucasus, Ukraine, Siberia and Far East. He also made a great contribution to the investigation of filices and gymnospermous plants. He worked out the botanical zoning of the territory of Ukraine. He wrote «The Flora of Ukraine» (1926), «Gymnospermous of Caucasus and Crimea» (1928).

Mykola Kholodny (1882–1953) Ukrainian botanist, plant physiologist, academician of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. He was born in Tambov. Kholodny graduated from Kyiv University (1906). After graduation he had worked there by 1941 (from 1926 as professor). He was working at the Botany Institute of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences for 30 years. He had started theory of phytohormones, which explained the chemical nature of activation and inhibition of growing processes of plants (phytohormone theory).

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