Rustamov, Anver Keyushevich

December 17 (6), 1917 - January 18, 2005 - Soviet biologist (zoologist), state and public figure of the Turkmen SSR. Doctor of Biological Sciences (1950), Professor at the Department of Zoology (1950), Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the TSSR (1975) and ANT (1993), Member of the Supreme Council of the TSSR (1963-1971), Rector (1960-1988) of the Turkmen Agricultural Institute, Honored Worker of Science (1967) and State Prize Laureate (1983) of the TSSR, Chairman of the Turkmen Society for the Conservation of Nature (1968-1998) and its Honorary Member (since 2000), Vice-President of the Menzbirov Ornithological Society (1983-1992) and its Honorary Member (since 1985) , Full member of the Moscow Society of Naturalists (since 1946). He explored the avifauna of the Karakum desert, the initiator of many expeditions to study and preserve the wildlife of this desert and Turkmenistan as a whole. He made a significant contribution to the development of zoological and environmental science and Higher education in Turkmenistan, as well as to the theory and practice of nature conservation, being the author of more than 500 published works - monographs, textbooks and scientific articles; rector in 1960-1988 first-born of Higher Education in the Turkmen SSR of the Turkmen Agricultural Institute. M.I. Kalinin (now - S.A. Niyazov Turkmen Agricultural University ) (founded in 1930); initiator and one of the developers of the first Law of Turkmenistan on nature protection, adopted by the Parliament of the republic in 1963; founder and chairman of the Turkmen Society for the Conservation of Nature (1968-1998); organizer of the creation of the Red Book of Turkmenistan (first issue in 1985).

In 1938, Anver Keyushevich Rustamov graduated with honors from the natural faculty of the Ashgabat Pedagogical Institute named after A.M. Gorky . In those years, the famous researcher of the animal kingdom of Central Asia, Professor Mikhail Konstantinovich Laptev (1885-1948), who headed the department of zoology, worked at the university. The creative atmosphere, a rich library, an extensive zoological collection, a wonderful museum of natural history at the department, and work in the scientific student group awakened A.K. Rustamova has a great interest in science. On the formation of A.K. Rustamov, as a scientist, was greatly influenced by his many years of work and friendship with his teacher Georgy Petrovich Dementyev (1898-1969), a world-famous bird watcher, professor at Moscow University. M.V. Lomonosov . He has A.K. Rustamov was a doctoral student, worked with him in the field and in his office, published joint scientific works, replenished and expanded scientific knowledge, using his rich library, and most importantly, the teacher generously shared his extensive encyclopedic knowledge with the student. G.P. Dementiev introduced A.K. Rustamova in the circle of famous zoologists who worked in the Zoological Museum and the Faculty of Biology of Moscow University in the middle of the 20th century: Sergey Ivanovich Ognev , Vladimir Georgievich Geptner , Sergey Sergeevich Turov, Alexander Nikolaevich Formozov , Nikolai Alekseevich Gladkov , George Vasilyevich Nikolsky , Evgeny Pavlovich Spangenberg, Evgeny Ptushenko S. et al. Development of faunal, ecological and zoogeographical problems, thanks to research these and other scientists, in those years in the Soviet Union was in rastsve e. Communicating and working side by side with these scientists, A.K. Rustamov could not help but feel his beneficial influence.

Along with studying the ecology and zoogeography of desert avifauna, scientists have done much in other aspects of ornithology. A.K. Rustamov was, in fact, one of the pioneers of research in the field of anthropogenic landscape: the concept of “anthropogenic landscape”, its classification, environmental and ethological changes that occur in birds in connection with conditions in such landscapes, regional features of the fauna of arid landscapes, transformed into anthropogenic, finally, the goals and objectives of anthropogenic zoogeography as a scientific direction, here is the circle studied by A.K. Rustamov questions on this issue.

Among many ornithological publications A.K. Rustamov should highlight the monograph “Birds of Turkmenistan” (1958), concerning the order of passerines, in which the author acts as a faunist, taxonomist, ecologist, and zoogeographer. It is worth noting that the scientist’s ornithological work goes far beyond the borders of Turkmenistan. He was the co-author of the multi-volume editions “Birds of the Soviet Union” (1954), “Birds of the USSR” (1982), “Birds of Russia and adjacent territories” (1993, 2005), “Birds of Central Asia” (2007).

Life and work of A.K. Rustamov was associated with Turkmenistan, one of the distinctive and naturally most interesting regions. Many naturalists and biologists conducted research here. Against this background, the activities of A.K. Rustamov, who, having absorbed the best traditions of science of that time, managed in a short time to become one of the leading zoologists of the USSR. His name became known after the defense in March 1950 of his doctoral dissertation and the subsequent publication of the monograph “Birds of the Karakum Desert” (1954). The young doctor of sciences was not yet 33 years old - at that time, not many biologists of the country had such an age qualification, and in the TSSR he was the first among zoologists who defended his doctoral dissertation.

The circle of scientific interests of A.K. Rustamova is wide: ornithology, herpetology, zoogeography, protection of rare species and biodiversity, history of zoology, scientific and methodological problems of higher education. However, the main thing for him was ornithology and his favorite object of study - birds, whom A.K. Rustamov, following G.P. Dementiev considered as a model to study common biological issues. In particular, in the above-mentioned book on Karakum birds, as in other publications, many features of the adaptation of animal organisms to arid conditions of existence are clarified: parallel adaptations in many bird species are mostly the same for desert forms and are aimed at adaptation to the existence of various animal species in extreme conditions of moisture deficiency, excess insolation and a sharp temperature drop. As a result, the scientist came to the conclusion that the ecological, physiological and ethological devices developed under the pressure of selection serve the birds to save energy costs, save moisture and maintain metabolism at a relatively low level.

Peru A.K. Rustamov owns more than 500 publications - monographs, textbooks, brochures, articles, theses, reflecting the rich scientific material obtained in the expeditions. They are not just registered facts, but also original scientific generalizations. The scientist introduced his understanding into the “concept of life forms in animal ecology”, which A.K. Rustamov considers, based on ecological-geographical isomorphism, which historically led to the development in animals from different systematic groups of similar morphological, ecological, and ethological adaptations in the conditions of the corresponding landscapes. A number of works paid great attention to the principles of zoogeographic analysis of regional faunas and elucidation of the ecological and geographical essence of the concept of “zoogeographic complex”. Important thoughts have been expressed about polyphagy, followed, according to the scientist, by a certain food specialization. Some works address the dynamics of animal numbers and the predator-prey relationship.

He carried out active activities under the auspices of the All-Union Society “Knowledge” , the Turkmen Republican Committee for Peace, the Education Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Turkmen Society for the Conservation of Nature, which was formed on the initiative of A.K. Rustamova in 1968. Participated in the development of environmental education and upbringing programs, in the dissemination of knowledge about nature conservation. One of the founders of environmental legislation, the developer of the First Law of Turkmenistan on Nature Protection (1963) and the Red Book of Turkmenistan (1985). He was a member of the Scientific Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR for UNESCO Programs " Man and the Biosphere " and UNESCO / UNEP for Education in the Field of Environment. He was a member of the editorial board of the journal “Izvestiya AN TSSR, a series of biological sciences”, led a great editorial work in other publishing houses, the author of many popular science brochures and articles for the general reader, and often appeared on the pages of newspapers and magazines.

1917 (December 17) - was born in the city of Askhabad (now Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan) in the family of a school teacher.

1932 - graduated from a seven-year school.

1932-1933 - student of the Ashgabat Industrial College (until its closure).

1934-1938 - student of the natural faculty of the Ashgabat State Pedagogical Institute named after A.M. Gorky (since 1950 - Turkmen State University), simultaneously in 1936-1937. taught at the courses of the Turkmen Institute of Education.

1937-1939 - teacher of the Ashgabat Physical Education College.

1939 - entered full-time postgraduate study at the Department of Zoology of the Ashgabat State Pedagogical Institute (supervisor - professor M.K. Laptev).

1940-1941 - military service and participation in the beginning of World War II (on the territory of Moldova), after being wounded and shell-shocked, transferred to the reserve.

1941 - married Elizabeth Alexandrovna Yukhtovskaya (in marriage - Rustamova).

1942 - the birth of Bella's daughter.

1942 - Lecturer at the Kharkov Military Medical School (evacuated to Ashgabat), at the same time continuing his studies in graduate school (in absentia).

1942-1943 - Acting senior researcher at the Biological Institute of the Turkmen branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

1943 - defended his thesis: awarded the degree of candidate of biological sciences and the title of senior research fellow.

1943 - repeated service in the army - foreman of the Tambov Infantry School (stationed in Ashgabat).

1944-1945 - Director of the Zoological and Zootechnical Institute and Scientific Secretary of the Presidium of the Turkmen branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

1945 - the birth of Igor’s son.

1945-1947 - Senior Researcher at the Zoological and Zootechnical Institute of the Turkmen Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, at the same time in the correspondence doctoral program of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (supervisor - professor G.P. Dementiev).

1946 - elected a member of the Moscow Society of Naturalists.

1947-1978 - Head of the Department of Zoology of the Turkmen Agricultural Institute named after M. I. Kalinin.

1948-1949 - Dean of the Veterinary Faculty (part-time) of the same institute.

1948 - survived the Ashgabat earthquake, participated in the elimination of the consequences of the tragedy, restored the work of the institute.

1949 - awarded the title of Associate Professor, elected a member of the All-Union Society "Knowledge".

1950 - defended his doctoral dissertation: awarded the degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences and the title of professor.

1950-1964 - Professor of the Department of Zoology (part-time) of Turkmen State University named after A.M. Gorky.

1951-1991 - member of the CPSU.

1952 - the birth of the son of Eldar.

1952-2004 - Member of the Scientific Council (in 1960-1988 - Chairman, 1998-2004 - Honorary Member) of the Turkmen Agricultural Institute (since 1994 - Agricultural University).

1954 - participant of the XI International Ornithological Congress (Switzerland, Basel) and the III [All-Union] Ecological Conference (Kiev).

1955-1968 - Member of the Presidium and Executive Secretary of the Turkmen Republican Peace Committee.

1956-1987 - Chairman of the Ashgabat city branch of the All-Union Society "Knowledge".

1956-1991 - member of the Ornithological Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, one of the organizers and participant of the IX All-Union Ornithological Conference.

1957-1997 - Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan.

1959-1991 - Member of the Presidium of the Turkmen Republican Society "Knowledge".

1959-1997 - Chairman of the Standing Committee on Nature Protection of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan.

1960-1978 - organizer and Chairman of the Scientific Specialized Council of the Turkmen Agricultural Institute for the defense of candidate dissertations.

1960-1988 - rector of the same institute.

1960-1991 - member of the Coordinating Council of the Academy of Sciences of the TSSR on the problem - “Biological foundations of the development, reconstruction and protection of the animal world” and the editorial board of the journal “Izvestia of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR. A series of biological sciences. "

1961 - participant of the I All-Union meeting of university workers (Moscow).

1963-1971 - People’s Deputy and Chairman of the Commission on Agriculture of the Supreme Council of the Turkmen SSR.

1963-1972 - Chairman of the Turkmen Republican Council of Scientific and Technical Societies (NTO USSR).

1966-1991 - member of the Zoogeographic Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, one of the organizers and participant of the IV-VIII All-Union Zoogeographic Conferences; Member of the Council for the Coordination of Research at the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the TSSR and Chairman of the Section on Agricultural Sciences.

1967 - awarded the Honorary title "Honored Scientist of the Turkmen SSR"; lecturing in England (London) on the line of the All-Union Society “Knowledge”.

1968 - participant of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Conference on the MAB program "Man and the Biosphere" (Paris) and the III All-Union Congress of NTO USSR (Moscow).

1968-1978 - Member of the Central Council of NTO of the USSR.

1968-1998 - Chairman of the Turkmen Society for the Conservation of Nature and organizer of the IV congresses of this society.

1969 - was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the TSSR.

1969 - organizer of the V All-Union Ornithological Conference dedicated to the memory of G.P. Dementiev (Ashkhabad), participant of the IX International Congress of Game Biologists (Moscow) and the X General Assembly of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources - IUCN (Delhi )

1969-1976 - Member of the National Committee of the USSR for the study of viruses associated with birds.

1969-1991 - member of the Scientific Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences on the problem - "Biological foundations of the development, reconstruction and protection of the animal world."

1970 - participant in the meeting of the IUCN East European Education Committee (Bulgaria, Sofia).

1970-1991 - Member of the Committee on State Prizes of the Turkmen SSR in the field of science and technology and a member of the Main Edition of the Turkmen Soviet Encyclopedia.

1971-1991 - participant of the V-IX congresses of the All-Russian Society for the Conservation of Nature.

1972 - participant of the UNESCO International Conference on the social and cultural development of Central Asian countries of the XIX-XX centuries. (Ashgabat city).

1973 - participant of the II All-Union meeting of university workers and the next All-Union Environmental Conference (Moscow).

1973-1975 - Member of the IUCN Education Commission.

1973-1991 - member of the All-Union Herpetological Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, one of the organizers and participant of the III-VII All-Union Herpetological Conferences.

1974 - participant of the World Exhibition for Nature Conservation - “EXPO-74” (USA, Spokane).

1974-1991 - Member of the Scientific Council for the Integrated Study and Development of the Desert Territories of Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

1975 - elected Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the TSSR.

1975 - Head of the Soviet delegation of the International Conference on the Protection of Natural Resources of the Middle East and South-West Asia (Tehran), participant of the 13th IUCN General Assembly (Zaire, Kinshasa) and the Jubilee Session dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Moscow )

1975-1979 - Head of the Soviet-American Project "Protection of Ecosystems of Arid Regions".

1975-1983 - Member of the IUCN Environmental Planning Commission.

1976 - organizer of the 1st scientific conference on the protection of nature of Turkmenistan (Ashgabat), participant of the XXIII International Geographical Congress (Moscow) and the VI International Symposium on Arboviruses (Novosibirsk).

1977 - participant of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Conference on Education and Environmental Protection (Tbilisi).

1978 - Participation in the work of the IUCN Executive Council (Switzerland, Gland); Secretary General for the organization and conduct of the XIV IUCN General Assembly (Ashgabat).

1978-1988 - organizer and head of the Department of Nature Protection (the first among agricultural universities of the USSR) of the Turkmen Agricultural Institute.

1978-1991 - member of the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Main Directorate for Agricultural Universities of the Ministry of Agriculture of the USSR and the Scientific and Technical Council on Environmental Issues of the State Committee for Science and Technology of the USSR Council of Ministers.

1979 - organizer of the All-Union Meeting on the Protection of Birds dedicated to the memory of G.P. Dementiev (Ashkhabad), participant of the All-Union Conference on the Protection of the Biosphere (Chisinau) and the Anniversary session dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the All-Union Agricultural Academy of Arts (Moscow).

1980 - organizer of anniversary celebrations and a scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first university of Turkmenistan - the Turkmen Agricultural Institute (Ashgabat), participant of the III All-Union Meeting of University Workers (Moscow) and the Plenum of the Soviet Committee on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program "(City of Alma-Ata); lecturing in Sweden (Stockholm) through the All-Union Society “Knowledge”.

1981 - organizer of the 2nd scientific conference on the protection of nature of Turkmen (Ashkhabad), participant of the 1st All-Union Conference on Environmental Education (Minsk) and the next Plenary Session of the Soviet Committee on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program (Dushanbe) .

1981-1985 - Chairman of the permanent organizing committee of the All-Union Olympiads "Student and scientific and technological progress" among agricultural universities (in biological sciences).

1981-1988 - organizer and supervisor of the Problem Laboratory for the Protection and Rational Use of the Wildlife at the Department of Nature Protection of the Turkmen Agricultural Institute.

1981-1991 - Chairman of the Commission for the Protection of Nature of the comprehensive program "Scientific and Technical Progress of Turkmenistan".

1982 - member of the organizing committee and participant of the XVIII International Ornithological Congress (Moscow), organizer of the III All-Union Meeting on the breeding of rare and valuable species of animals (Ashgabat).

1983 - Laureate of the State Prize of Turkmenistan in the field of science and technology - for the "Series of works on the protection of nature."

1983 - founding member of the All-Union Menzbirovsky Ornithological Society (until 1992 - Vice-President); participant of the I International Congress on Biosphere Reserves (Minsk) and the Soviet-American Symposium in the framework of the project “Protection of Ecosystems of Arid Regions” (Ashgabat).

1984 - participant of the 16th IUCN General Assembly (Madrid), II All-Union Conference on Environmental Education (Ivanovo), enlarged Plenary Session of the Soviet Committee for the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program (Chisinau) and a meeting on Problems nature conservation and conservation of biological resources of the arid zone of the USSR (Ashgabat - Karakala settlement).

1984-1991 - Member of the Scientific Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences on the problems of the biosphere and the Soviet Committee for the UNESCO Program “Man and the Biosphere”.

1984-1993 - Member of the Executive Council of IUCN.

1985 - Head of the Soviet delegation at the XIX meeting of the IUCN Executive Council (Switzerland, Gland); elected Honorary Member of the Menzbirov Ornithological Society.

1985-1991 - expert on environmental issues at the Scientific and Technical Council of the USSR State Agro-Industry Committee.

1986 - participant of the World Conference on Nature Conservation (Ottawa) and the extended session of the Scientific Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences on the problems of the biosphere (Ashgabat).

1987 - participant of the meeting "Round Table: Desert - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" at the News Press Agency - USSR Academy of Sciences (Moscow) and the International Congress (UNESCO / UNEP program) on environmental education and training (Moscow ); the organizer of the meeting of Central Asian ornithologists dedicated to the memory of G.P. Dementyev (Ashgabat).

1987-1991 - Member of the Coordinating Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences on the problems of migration, behavior management and bird numbers.

1988-1997 - Professor (1993-1997 - Consulting Professor) of the Department of Nature Protection of the Turkmen Agricultural Institute (since 1994 - Agricultural University).

1990 - participant in the Soviet-American dialogue (Kansas) for the security of peoples in the framework of the program of the Soviet Peace Committee.

1990-1992 - Senior Researcher, Consulting Laboratory of Herpetology and Theriology, Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan.

1990-1997 - Member of the Bureau of the Department of Biological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan.

1992-1997 - organizer and head of the laboratory of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan on the protection of biodiversity and bird communities of Central Asia, deputy chairman of the Scientific Council of the same institute for the defense of dissertations.

1992-1998 - Member of the Presidium of the Ecological Fund of Turkmenistan.

1993 - re-elected academician of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan.

1995 - participant of the II Asian Herpetological Conference (Ashgabat).

1996 - joined the Russian Bird Conservation Union .

1998 - retired and, despite his illness, completed the main work of his life - the monograph “The Wildlife of Turkmenistan Protects It” (published in Turkmen and Russian languages ​​by Ylym Publishing House in 2011, PDF version in 2012) .

2000 - elected Honorary Member of the Turkmen Society for the Conservation of Nature.

2005 (January 18) - he died in his house in Ashgabat.

Anver Keyushevich Rustamov died in Ashgabat in the early morning of January 18, 2005, at the 88th year of life (abdominal aortic aneurysm). He was buried in the cemetery of Choganly, on the northern outskirts of Ashgabat. Four years later, his elder sister, Izumrud Keyushevna (1915-2009), was buried nearby, and four years later, his younger brother, Inglab Keyushevich (1929-2013), a famous Turkmen geobotanical scientist, professor at Makhtumkuli Turkmen State University.

Paternal grandfather - Alesker Rustambek-oglu - comes from a family of the Bek landowner who had land allotments in Karabakh in the middle of the XIX century. But after the peasant reform of the 1870s in Transcaucasia, which led to the loss of tribal lands, he settled in the city of Agdam, where he owned a stable with a brigade of phaeton workers in a caravanserai. In 1902, Alesker Rustambek-oglu left Karabakh to Zakaspiy and settled in Askhabad. His eldest son, Keyush, the father of Anver Keyushevich, was a school teacher who moved to Ashgabat with his family later - in 1916, i.e. one year before the birth of A.K. Rustamova.

In the fall of 1938, Anver Keyushevich met with E.A. Yukhtovskaya (born 1918), a native of Blagoveshchensk, where back in the 19th century the ancestors of her father moved - Polish emigrants from Ukraine. Elizaveta Alexandrovna arrived in the city of Ashgabat and studied at the philological faculty of the Ashgabat Pedagogical Institute named after A.M. Gorky. On the eve of the new 1942, they got married. Their married life lasted more than 60 years. In September 1942, Bella's daughter was born; in 1945 - son Igor; in 1952 - the second son of Eldar. In addition to three children, - 9 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, great-granddaughter and great-great-granddaughter (2016). Bell's daughter is a biochemist, Ph.D., works at Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov; eldest son Igor after graduating from MVTU im. N.E.Bauman Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman in Moscow worked at the Central Design Bureau of Production Association Arsenal Plant in Kiev, where he lives now; Eldar - followed in the footsteps of his father, became a zoologist, doctor of biological sciences, professor.

Prize named after A.K. Rustamova:

Prize named after academician of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan A.K. Rustamova for research on the study and protection of birds in Central Asia and Kazakhstan, among young scientists, was established by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) of Great Britain in 2008.

Scientific collections:

- to the 50th anniversary: The animal world of Turkmenistan (terrestrial vertebrates). Ashgabat: Ylym, 1970 .-- 190 p.

- to the 60th anniversary: Protection of nature of Turkmenistan. Issue 5. Ashgabat: Ylym, 1979. - 175 p.

- to the 70th anniversary: Rare and poorly studied animals of Turkmenistan. Ashgabat: Ylym, 1988 .-- 236 p.

- to the 80th anniversary: Ecology and protection of vertebrate animals. Kiev-Lviv, 1997 .-- 84 p.

- To the 85th anniversary: Issues of ornithology of Turkmenistan. Moscow: SOPR, 2002. - 121 p.

- to the 90th anniversary: Studies on key ornithological territories in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Issue 2. Ashgabat, 2007. - 120 p.

- to the 95th anniversary: Birds of Turkmenistan: illustrated field guide. - Ashgabat: Ylym, 2013 .-- 688 p. (in Turkmen and Russian languages).

Personal editions:

1. Anver Keyushevich Rustamov. Materials for the bibliography of scientists of Turkmenistan. Issue 27. Ashgabat: Ylym, 1990. - 140 p. (in Turkmen and Russian languages).

2. Outstanding zoologist and environmental activist Anver Keyushevich Rustamov (1917-2005). - Baku, 2005. - 118 p. (in Azerbaijani and Russian languages).

3. Memory resurrects ... to the 95th anniversary of Anver Keyushevich Rustamov (1917-2005). Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan. - M.: MOO, 2012 .-- 255 p. (in Russian and Turkmen languages).

4. Documentary-feature film “Life was not lived in vain, but I did not write memoirs” (2012).

Meetings, seminars and conferences:

- Solemn joint meeting of the Academic Councils of the Turkmen Agricultural University, the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, and the Presidium of the Turkmen Society for the Conservation of Nature, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Academician A.K. Rustamova (Ashkhabad, December 1997).

- Scientific seminar of the Institute of Zoology of the NAS of Azerbaijan on the work and environmental activities of A.K. Rustamova (Baku, November 2003).

- Ornithological seminar of the biological sciences section of the Moscow Society of Naturalists, dedicated to the memory of A.K. Rustamova (Moscow, April 2005).

- International Scientific Conference “Birds of Key Ornithological Territories of Central Asia” (Ashgabat, December 2007).

- Presentation of a book and film about the life and work of A.K. Rustamova during the XIV International Ornithological Conference of Northern Eurasia (Almaty, 2015)

- The annual "Rustam readings" conducted by the Central Asian branch of the Menzbirov Ornithological Society since 2007 in Ashgabat.

Childhood A.K. Rustamova passed on the street. S. Rustaveli and st. New (later S. Shaumyan), now these streets have not been preserved. After marriage, from 1942 to 1945. the family rented housing on Ovrazhnaya street, and from 1945 to October 6, 1948, i.e. before the Ashgabat earthquake - in the house at Krymskaya, house 14 (now the intersection of Alisher Navoi and Mollanepes streets), after the earthquake - on the street. Stepnaya, house 21 in the vicinity of the Tekinsky Bazaar (in 2014 this house and the entire quarter were demolished). In the years 1947-1998. worked at the Turkmen Agricultural Institute, the building of which is located at ul. May 1 (now Gorogly), building 62.

Monographs and textbooks

1. Birds of the Kara-Kum desert. - Ashgabat: Academy of Sciences of the TSSR, 1954 . - 342 p.

2. Birds of Turkmenistan. - Ashgabat: Academy of Sciences of the TSSR. - 1958 . - T.2. - 252 p.

3. In the cold and the heat: Animal and landscape. - M.: Thought, 1967 . - 134 s .; 2nd ed., Ext. and reslave. - M.: Thought, 1976 . - 143 p. ( co-author: G.P. Dementiev, S.M. Uspensky ).

4. Amphibians and reptiles of the USSR. - M.: Thought, 1971 . - 303 s. ( co-author: A.G. Bannikov, I.S. Darevsky ).

5. Animals of cultural landscapes. - M.: Thought, 1975 . - 220 p. ( co-author: N.A. Gladkov ).

6. Speige ir kaitroje. - Vilnius: Vaga, 1984 . - 200 p. ( co-author: G. Demenijevas, S. Uspenskis ).

7. Key to amphibian and reptile fauna of the USSR: Uch. pos. for stud. biol. specialist. ped in-com. - M .: Education, 1977 . - 415 p. ( co-author: A.G. Bannikov, I.S. Darevsky, V.G. Ishchenko, N.N. Shcherbak ).

8. Nature conservation. - M .: Kolos, 1977 . - 207 p. ( co-author: A.G. Bannikov ). 2nd ed. - M .: Agropromizdat, 1985 . - 287 p. ( co-author: A.G. Bannikov, A.A. Vakulin ).

9. Fundamentals of ecology and environmental protection / Uch-k. for agricultural universities. 1st ed. - M .: Kolos, 1996 . - 302 s. ( co-author: A.G. Bannikov, A.A. Vakulin ). 2nd ed. - M .: Kolos, 1999 . - 302 s. ( co-author: A.G. Bannikov, A.A. Vakulin ).

10. Biodiversity Conservation in Central Asia: on the example of Turkmenistan. - Tokyo: NEF, 2007 . - 273 p. ( co-author: E.A. Rustamov ).

11. Fauna of Turkmenistan and its protection (on the example of the fauna of vertebrate animals). - Ashgabat: Ylym. - 2011 . - 298 p. ( ibid. in Turkmen ). Russian text appendix and illustrations book cover text books in Turkmen language

Science articles

1. Biocenotic groups and the geographical distribution of birds of the Amu Darya floodplain // Izv. TFAN USSR. - 1945. - No. 2. - S. 65-72.

34. The Birds of Karabil // Ibis. - 1947. - V.89. - P.615-623. ( co-author: GP Dementiev, EP Spangenberg ).

35. The main directions of adaptation of the wing of raven birds // DAN USSR. - 1948. - T.60. - No. 6. - S.1089-1092.

37. К вопросу о южной границе распространения псаммофильной фауны в Каракумах // Бюл. МОИП. Отд. биол. - 1948. - Т.53. - Вып.5. - С.85-91.

42. К морфо-функциональному изучению оперения крыла птицы: (о значении внутренних маховых перьев) // Зоол. журн. - 1949. - Т.28. - Вып.6. - С.553-560. ( соавт.: Н.А. Гладков ).

44. О соколиной охоте в Каракумах // Изв. ТФАН СССР. - 1950. - №4. - С.56-61.

45. Птицы Карабиля (Юго-Восточная Туркмения) // Изв. АН ТССР. - 1951. - №3. – С.52-58. ( соавт.: Г.П. Дементьев, Е.П. Спангенберг ).

47. Новые данные по зоогеографии и авифауне Южного Устюрта // Изв. АН Казах. SSR. Ser. зоол. - 1951. - Вып.10. - С.61-71.

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