Odintsov, Boris Nikolaevich

Born in the family of a nobleman, a landowner who owned an estate in the suburbs.

In 1903 he graduated from the 7th Moscow classical gymnasium. He entered Moscow University at the Natural Department of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. During his studies, he chose soil science as his specialty. In 1907, Odintsov transferred to St. Petersburg University, where he graduated in 1909 with a 1st degree diploma.

He was left at the department of agronomy to prepare for a professorship. Assistant, then - Professor at the Department of Agronomy of St. Petersburg University. Professor and vice-rector of the Petrograd Agricultural Academy.

In 1922 he was arrested and forcibly sent abroad as part of a large group of Russian scientists on the so-called. Philosophical Steamboat . He lived in exile in Czechoslovakia in Prague. He lectured at the Prague Institute of Cooperation, worked at the Russian National University and the Mineralogical Institute of Charles University . In 1945, before the arrival of Soviet troops, he and his family moved to West Germany.

Since 1951 he lived in New York. He continued to write articles in the Russian press on social and scientific topics. He was a member and associate chairman of the Russian Academic Group in the United States.

• “Soils of Russia and Turkestan” (1915);
• “What is the soil?” (1912);
• “What is the soil cultivated for?” (1912);
• “Soil Fertilizer” (1916);
• “Organic matter of soils and their effect on fertility” (1924);
• “Dynamic geology and general soil science” (1928);
• "Decomposition products of plant residues" (1929).

• Odintsov Boris Nikolaevich // Unforgettable Graves: Russian Abroad: Obituaries 1917-1997: 6 tons / Russian state. b-ka . Sep. lit. Russian foreign countries; comp. V. N. Chuvakov ; under the editorship of E.V. Makarevich . - M .: Pashkov House, 2004. - T. 5: N — P. - S. 205. - 638 p. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-7510-0298-9 (v. 5).
• Professor B. N. Odintsov // RAG Notes in the USA (New York). - 1967. - T. I. - S. 208-210.

• ODINTSOV Boris Nikolaevich // Russians in North America. E. A. Alexandrov.
• Odintsov Boris Nikolaevich