Professor Nikolay Research Articles

Gelʼmintologicheskie issledovaniia zubrov Belovezhskoi pushchi v kontse XIX – nachale XX v.

The helminthofauna of the European bison, the iconic species for nature protection in Europe, is the object of close attention for zoologists because of the threatening changes occurring in this fauna in recent decades. Nowadays, researchers are more or less familiar with the works conducted in the early 20ʰᵗ century, i. e. before the European bison went extinct in the wild (1919), and the specialists involved in the European bison restitution in the Białowieża Primeval Forest and other nature reserves have been also aware of these studies. In addition to the published works on the European bison parasites, however, there exists a wide range of archival documents relating to the helminthoses of the Białowieża bison, including reliable information about parasitic worms as an important cause of death in the European bison, in particular, the trematode Fasciola hepatica. Apart from the literature analysis, our research focuses on the archival documents relating to helminthological studies conducted between the 1880s, when the European bison mortality caused by fascioliasis was reliably documented in the Białowieża Forest for the first time, and the 1910s, when an attending veterinarian was hired by the Białowieża administration to hold a permanent position for the first time. The most significant event in the history of the studies of the European bison helminthofauna before 1919 was the expedition to the Białowieża Primeval Forest, led by professor Nikolay Kulagin (1906–1908). The expedition’s permanent members were the entomologist Alexander Mordvilko and the veterinarian Konrad Wróblewski. They amassed an impressive amount of material that formed the basis for two monographs about the Białowieża bison (1919 and 1927, respectively). This expedition established that the main cause of the bison’s high mortality were the external factors including helminthoses rather than the degeneration of the species caused by the “laws of nature” (as was assumed for most of the 19ʰᵗ century).

80th Jubilee of Professor Nikolay Yanev

Abstract This Special Issue is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Nikolay Yanev, a renowned Bulgarian mathematician and an eminent member of the international branching processes community. We present a brief description of his academic career path and his role as a founder of the Bulgarian school of branching processes and their applications.

Political vs intellectual? Russia’s late Imperial archaeology and the Russian Cause

Drawing on the writings of the founding representatives of late Imperial Russia’s Oriental studies, and documents from Russian archives, this article first traces Professor Nikolay Veselovsky’s (1848-1918) formative origins as an influential historian and archaeologist of the East on the national level. He came to be, as pointed out by Vasily Barthold (1869-1930), one of those scholars ferociously ‘counteracting the influence of the West through reliance on the study of the Orient’. The article then studies the impact of his educational background and of the nationalist discourses that were widespread among Russian intellectuals during Veselovsky’s academic formation and mature professional activities. The ongoing international debates on Russian Orientalism and the imperial practices of the time help re-examine the Veselovsky case from new theoretical perspectives and situate it within the broader methodological context of relationships between knowledge and power, academic institutions and state as well as political ideas and scholarship. This further allows us to investigate how Veselovsky’s controversial contribution to Russian scholarship was perceived by his contemporaries as well as the generations of Soviet and post-Soviet scholars, and to conclude by identifying the reasons for such perceptions and the impact of Veselovsky’s scholarship and activities.

Congratulations to Professor Nikolay S. Gavriushenko on his 80th anniversary!

Brief biographical information and scientific achievements of Nikolay S. Gavriushenko, congratulations on the 80th anniversary.

Academician Nikolay Nikolaevich Blokhin (1912–1993) (on the 110<sup>th</sup> anniversary of his birth)

Professor Nikolay Nikolaevich Blokhin was born on April 21 ( May 4), 1912 in the county town of Lukoyanov , Nizhny Novgorod province in the family of a doctor . After graduating from high school in 1929, Nikolay Nikolaevich entered the medical Faculty of Nizhny Novgorod University. In June 1934, N. N. Blokhin graduated with honors from the surgical department and received a diploma from the Gorky Medical Institute. For excellent studies and great abilities for research work , Nikolay Nikolaevich was enrolled in a postgraduate course at the Department of Hospital Surgery . After medical practice , N. N. Blokhin returned to the hospital surgery clinic , continued his research and operated a lot . At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, a front-line evacuation hospital for a thousand beds № 2816 was deployed in Gorky , Nikolai Nikolaevich was appointed the leading surgeon . In 1947, N. N. Blokhin was appointed deputy director of the Gorky Research Institute of Reconstructive Surgery , Traumatology and Orthopedics for the scientific part , and in March 1948 – director of this Institute. In December 1948, Nikolai Nikolaevich was awarded the academic title of professor . On January 29, 1960, N. N. Blokhin was elected a full member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, and in the evening of the same day , the Minister of Health of the USSR S. V. Kurashov proposed to elect Nikolai Nikolaevich as the president of the Academy. In 1977, the Cancer Research Center of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences was renamed the All-Union Cancer Research Center of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, and N. N. Blokhin was appointed its general director . More than 100 doctoral and PhD theses were defended under his leadership . Many of his students became prominent oncologists in Russia and neighboring countries . The multifaceted , bright and fruitful activity of Nikolai Nikolaevich was repeatedly awarded with high awards of the Soviet Union. On May 16, 1993, Academician Nikolai Nikolaevich Blokhin died and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. In the same year , the name of N. N. Blokhin was assigned to the Russian Cancer Research Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.

Congratulations to Professor Nikolay V. Zagorodniy on his 70th birthday!

Brief biographical information and scientific achievements of Nikolay V. Zagorodniy, congratulations on the 70th anniversary.

Outstanding toxicologist: professor Nikolay Vasilyevich Savateev (100th birth anniversary)

The main stages of labor, scientific, pedagogical, and social activities of a participant in the Great Patriotic War, laureate of the State Prize of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, honored worker of the higher school of the Russian Federation, doctor of medical sciences, professor, major general of the medical service, Nikolai Vasilyevich Savateeva, are considered. Biographical materials are presented on the formation of N.V. Savateev as an outstanding scientist and teacher, founder of the Department of Toxicology and Medical Protection at the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy. Main areas of scientific research personally carried out by Nikolai Vasilyevich, as well as groups that he led for many years, are covered. His interests included fundamental studies of the role of acetylcholine in the higher nervous activity function, mechanisms of toxic action of organophosphorus compounds and other neurotoxicants, and the search for antidote therapy for these compound poisoning. In 1967, he was awarded a State Prize of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for developing and creating antidotes for organophosphorus toxic substances. Nikolai Vasilievich made a significant contribution to the military toxicology and medical protection formation as a training discipline and branch of military medical science. He was one of the first scientists worldwide to begin the study of biomedical consequences of chemical accidents and problems of environmental toxicology. In subsequent years, Nikolai Vasilievich was one of the initiators to develop the disaster medicine problem. The most important place in the activities of N.V. Savateev was occupied by training scientific and pedagogical personnel, who continued the work of their teacher; many of them became well-known toxicologists in our country and abroad.

The Economic History of the Mordovian Region in the Scientific Heritage of Nikolai Vasilievich Zavaryukhin

Introduction. 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of Doctor of History, Professor Nikolay V. Zavaryukhin. The aim of the study is to assess his contribution to the study of the history of the socio-economic development of the Mordovian region during the period of feudalism. Research Methods. The research is based on the biographical method. The use of general scientific methods made it possible to present the problem under study as a process within the framework of a specific historical situation, the tasks to be solved, to analyze the essence and content of N. V. Zavaryukhin’s scientific activity. The materials of the archives of Ogarev Mordovia State University and the personal archive of the historian have been introduced into scientific circulation. Results and Discussion. The article is dedicated to the memory of a professor at Ogarev Mordovia State University Nikolai Vasilievich Zavaryukhin. The study provides biographical information about the scientist, highlights his scientific activities, focuses on the main scientific works and his scientific heritage. Conclusion. N. V. Zavaryukhin made a significant contribution to the development of historical science and historical education of Mordovia, using extensive archival material to study the socio-economic development of the Mordovian region in the 17th–18th centuries. He traced the evolution of economic activity and identified the factors that determined it. A significant place in his legacy is occupied by works that popularize the history of their small homeland. The materials of his research form the basis of a number of university and school textbooks and teaching aids on the history of the Mordovian region. He made a great contribution to the development of the historical science of the Republic of Mordovia, having prepared 24 candidates of historical sciences under his supervision.

Professor Nikolay Alexandrovich Mislavsky

On April 30 this year, Kazan University honored its veteran of labor, professor of physiology Nikolai Alexandrovich Mislavsky, on the occasion of his 70th birthday and 48th anniversary of his scientific and teaching activities. Such a rare jubilee of the venerable scientist, who has won fame far beyond the borders of our homeland, united the learned world, social forces, as well as the students of the hero of the day into a single family.

Preface: International Scientific Conference on Mechanics «The Ninth Polyakhov’s Reading»

The International scientific conference on mechanics «The Ninth Polyakhov’s Reading» was held at the Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia from March 9 to March 12, 2021. The Polyakhov’s reading has first been held in 1997 as an all-Russian conference dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the outstanding scientist, Professor Nikolay N. Polyakhov (1906-1987), who left a bright trace in the history of Russian science. The conference attracted the attention of Russian and foreign scientists, involved in problems of modern mechanics. Since 2003, Polyakhov’s reading has acquired the status of an international conference and is traditionally held in Saint Petersburg once in three years. The conference scope covers almost all the fundamental areas of modern mechanics and lately has had a pronounced interdisciplinary nature. This feature of the conference is associated with broad interests of Professor N.N. Polyakhov.List of title Conference Sections, Conference chairman, Local Organizing Committee, Scientific Committee are available in this Pdf.

Professor Nikolay Andreevich Brazhenko (to the 80th anniversaru)

Professor Nikolay Andreevich Brazhenko (to the 80th anniversaru)

Counteraction to Corruption Offenses in Penitentiary System (in Memory of Doctor of Law, Professor Nikolay Shchedrin)

The subject of the research is the processes of combating corruption in the penitentiary system of Russia. The purpose of the research is to analyze the legal prerequisites for the emergence of corruption manifestations in the penitentiary system and search for promising areas of legislation improvement in this area. The work is based on the complex application of a number of general and special research methods (structural and functional analysis, comparative-legal, formal-logical, system-structural methods). Domestic and foreign regulations, official data of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, the results of the Russian and foreign scholars’ research serve the information base of the research. The main result of the research is in substantiation of the essential conclusions about the need for a clearer definition of the penitentiary system officials’ powers in order to reduce the risks of committing acts with the signs of corruption. The most significant, regarding the risks of corruption manifestations, spheres of penitentiary system employees’ activity are defined. The directions of law enforcement practice improvement in the sphere under the research are substantiated. The materials of the research can be useful for both scientists-penitentiaries, practitioners and for students, undergraduates and graduate students of the relevant areas of training and specialties in the course of mastering special disciplines

On the occasion of the anniversary of Nikolay P. Goncharov

In January 2020, the famous scientist biochemist-endocrinologist, MD, professor Nikolay P. Goncharov turned 85 years old. Nikolay P. Goncharov — one of the leading experts in the field of biochemical endocrinology and hormonal analysis; he developed and introduced in the framework of the Human Reproduction program an experimental model for evaluating the pharmacokinetics, mechanism of action, efficacy and safety of new steroid drugs and regulators of endocrine secretion of steroid hormones. The editorial board of the journal “Problems of Endocrinology” congratulates NP Goncharov on his anniversary, wishes him good health, success, prosperity, vitality, fortitude and many more years of fruitful activity.

THE MAIN STAGES OF THE LIFE WAY AND THE CREATIVITY OF PROFESSOR GOLOVKINSKY NIKOLAI ALEKSEEVICH (on the 185-th anniversary of his birth)

Problem Statement and Purpose. Nikolai Alekseevich Golovkinsky is a well-known personality on the territory of the Russian Empire (then the USSR and Ukraine), a researcher who earned well-deserved fame for his scientific achievements in the field of geology and hydrogeology.In this scientific work we set the task: to carry out a historical section of the life path of Nikolai Golovkinsky and to show his contribution to the development of geological science in the territory of the Russian Empire.Data & Methods. The material for this publication was compiled in the scientific li­brary of the IGS NAS of Ukraine, which has become the main source of information.When writing the article, a comparative historical research method was used, which allowed us to consider the chronological sequence of the scientific and creative path of N. A. Golovkinsky.Results. The material of the article contains biographical information on the mili­tary, scientific research and pedagogical and social-organizational activities of the prominent geologist and hydrogeologist, Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy, N. A. Golovkinsky. Much attention is paid to his work at Kazan and Novorossiysk universities. The geological developments of Nikolay Alekseevich in the territories of the Kamsky-Volga Basin and Crimea are shown, as well as its hydrogeological achievements in the Kherson County and Tavria Province.Review of the major milestones of life, research and pedagogical creativity of the scientist shows that Professor Nikolay Alekseevich rightly belongs to the leading sci­entists who worthily represented geological science on the world stage during the Russian Empire.N. A. Golovkinsky – a prominent figure of Novorossiysk University, which made a significant «summer» in the development of this university and the Faculty of Phys­ics and Mathematics, namely the formation of geological specialty at this university, which is still developing in it.

PROFESSOR NIKOLAY FILIPPOVICH BALUKHOVSKY – OUTSTANDING OIL GEOLOGIST AND TECTONICS SPECIALIST (On the 120th anniversary of his birth)

ПРОФЕСОР МИКОЛА ПИЛИПОВИЧ БАЛУХОВСЬКИЙ – ВИДАТНИЙ ГЕОЛОГ-НАФТОВИК І ТЕКТОНІСТ (До 120-річчя від дня народження)

Advancement of Nikolay M. Yanev to the Rank of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Extremadura, Spain

The ceremony that awarded Professor Nikolay M. Yanev with a Doctor Honoris Causa granted by the University of Extremadura took place in Badajoz on April 4, 2019. It was my greatest privilege to serve as Dr. Yanev's Godfather in this solemn recognition and to receive the opportunity to summarize his exceptional academic career, relationship and involvement with the University of Extremadura, and human qualities.

Nikolay Nikolaevich Sergeev, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University - bright representative of the scientific school of physical fundamental and applied materials science M. A. Krishtal

The most important scientific problem solved under the guidance of Professor Krishtal M. A. was the problem of corrosion-mechanical destruction of high-strength reinforcing iron alloys. Much effort has been expended to solve this scientific problem of great applied importance. Complex regularities were established and the physical nature and mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement and destruction of reinforcing high-strength steels used in composite reinforced concrete structures and structures in the form of fibrous steel reinforcing fillers were revealed. In the Tula region in solving this problem a significant contribution was made by a student of Mikhail Aronovich Krishtal – Professor Nikolay Nikolaevich Sergeev, who defended his PhD and doctoral dissertations under his leadership.

Professor Nikolay Markianovich Volkovich (on the occasion of his 160 birth anniversary)

Professor Nikolay Markianovich Volkovich (on the occasion of his 160 birth anniversary)

In the memory of professor Nikolay Petrovich Omelyanenko

In the memory of professor Nikolay Petrovich Omelyanenko

Nikolay Kartashov’s heritage today

The author reviews the subject scope and the presentations of the inter-university research and practical conference hold on the occasion of the 90-th anniversary of Professor Nikolay Kartashov (1928–2011), a prominent library scientist, an architect of the USSR librarianship, the USSR Honored Worker of Culture. It is Nikolay Kartashov who was the first to substantiate the system approach principle in the library studies, and to develop the concepts of regional and comparative library studies.At the conference, the significance of Kartashov’s personality and science concepts were objectified within the context of modern library science. The participants focused on characterizing Kartashov as a scholar, administrator, and pedagogue. In their discussion, problematic, and practice-oriented papers, theoretical, methodological and methodical aspects were analyzed. The participants were examining the term “regional library studies” within the modern context and the possibility to apply this relevant concept in the professional library education and library practice.The Conference specific feature was the wide range of poster papers; the speakers revealed Kartashov’s contribution into the library science and practice, in particular, methodological approaches and theoretical tools of the regional library studies, the concepts of library management based on functional modeling, revamping the system of territorial library services, etc.