Yakov Avadevich Birshtein (1911-1970) - Soviet biologist, doctor of biological sciences, professor of Moscow State University .
| Yakov Avadevich Birshtein | |
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| Date of Birth | April 7, 1911 |
| Place of Birth | Kiev |
| Date of death | July 8, 1970 (aged 59) |
| Place of death | Moscow |
| A country |  Russian empire  the USSR |
| Scientific field | invertebrate zoology |
| Place of work | Moscow State University |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University (1932) |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Biological Sciences (1946) |
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Birstein " . |
Biography
The son of a doctor Avadiy Davidovich Birshtein (1868, Smolensk ) and Sofya Yakovlevna Brook (sister of G.Ya. Brook ). In 1932 he graduated from the biological department of Moscow State University. In 1935, for the work on the taxonomy of freshwater crustaceans without protection, the degree of candidate of biological sciences was awarded [1] . He defended his thesis "Relics in the fresh and brackish waters of the USSR" for the degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences (1946). Professor, Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy of Invertebrates, Faculty of Biology and Soil (1953-1970). He worked at Moscow State University since 1935 [2] .
In 1940, he founded the Biospeologica Sovietica series.
Research interests: fauna of the Caspian Sea, carcinology, biospelology. Laureate of the Lomonosov Prize (1954) [3] for his work “Study of the fauna of the Kuril-Kamchatka Depression”. He was engaged in carcinology , the study of the fauna of freshwater reservoirs and seas, as well as caves. Developed (together with fellow oceanologists) a scheme of vertical biological zoning of the ocean. He analyzed the concept of "relict" in biology. Co-author of a textbook on zoogeography. During the period of the struggle against “cosmopolitanism” it became a target of critics. For some time he remained at Moscow State University only part-time, mainly teaching in Yaroslavl . In 1955, he signed a “ letter of three hundred, ” directed against the dominance of Lysenkoism [4] . In the 1980s, the scientific activity of Birshtein who died in 1970 was itself studied and comprehended.
Animal taxa named after J. A. Birstein
In honor of the scientist, many animal taxa are named, 3 genera, including Birsteinia Ivanov , 1952 and Birsteinius Krivolutsky , 1965, as well as species:
- Anopogammarus birsteini Derzhavin, 1945
- Armatognathia birsteini Kudinova-Pasternak, 1987
- Ascorhynchus birsteini Turpaeva, 1971
- Azygocypridina birsteini Rudjakov, 1961
- Bacescomysis birsteini (Bacescu, 1971)
- Bryocamptus birsteini Borutsky, 1940
- Caecianiropsis birsteini Kussakin, 1979
- Carpathonesticus birsteini (Charitonov, 1947)
- Coeloma birsteini Ilyin, 2005
- Crybelocephalus birsteini Thurston, 1976
- Desertoniscus birsteini Borutzky, 1945
- Desmosoma birsteini Menzies, 1962
- Dorogostaiskia birsteini (Bazikalova, 1948)
- Eisenia birsteini Malević, 1947
- Elaphoidella birsteini Borutsky, 1948
- Elpidia birsteini Belyaev, 1971
- Enhydrosoma birsteini Borutsky, 1971
- Gammarus birsteini Karaman & Pinkster, 1977
- Golfingia birsteini Murina, 1973
- Haplomesus birsteini George & Menzies
- Herpotanais birsteini Kudinova-Pasternak, 1973
- Heteronymphon birsteini (Turpaeva, 1956)
- Ilyarachna birsteini George & Menzies
- Ischnomesus birsteini Wolff, 1962
- Jakobia birsteini Zenkevitch, 1958
- Jeannelius birsteini Ljovuschkin, 1963
- Leptognathia birsteini Kudinova-Pasternak, 1965
- Ligidium birsteini Borutzky, 1950
- Lycenchelys birsteini Andriashev, 1958
- Macrostylis birsteini Mezhov, 1993
- Meroscalpellum birsteini (Zevina, 1973)
- Mimonectes birsteini (Vinogradov, 1956)
- Mirabilicoxa birsteini (Menzies, 1962)
- Neobisium birsteini (Lapschoff, 1940)
- Nephropides birsteini Zarenkov & Semenov, 1972
- Niphargus birsteini Dedyu, 1963
- Oratosquilla birsteini Makarov, 1971
- Oxychilus birsteini Tzvetkov, 1940
- Paralomis birsteini Macpherson, 1988
- Paranais birsteini Sokolskya, 1971
- Pontohoratia birsteini (Starobogatov, 1962)
- Protanais birsteini (Kudinova-Pasternak, 1970)
- Pseudocrangonyx birsteini Labay, 1999
- Roncus birsteini Krumpál, 1986
- Speodiaptomus birsteini Borutsky, 1962
- Storthyngura birsteini Menzies, 1962
- Synidotea birsteini Kussakin, 1971
- Thymops birsteini (Zarenkov & Semenov, 1972)
- Troglohyphantes birsteini Charitonov, 1947
Family
- Wife - Nona Georgievna Luppo [1]
- Son - Vadim (born 1944), zoologist, father’s biographer (the book “My Father, Yakov Avadevich Birshtein”).
- Brother - Max Avadevich (1914-2000), Soviet artist.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Birstein V. Ya. My father // Nature: journal. - 2011 .-- T. 8 . - S. 54-66 .
- ↑ Chronicle of Moscow University .
- ↑ received together with L.A. Zenkevich .
- ↑ Gilyarov A. Communication with him was happiness . https://trv-science.ru (06/06/2011).
Links
- Birshtein Yakov Avadevich . Chronicle of Moscow University . Date accessed August 27, 2018.
- Bio and bibliography
- About Yakov Avadevich Birshtein